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6 years ago in Case Study By Jasmin

Techniques to develop samples of transgenic animals

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By Pragati Answered 6 years ago

Well, if you want to transfer genetic material into the cell, then you can use the retrovirus-mediated gene transfer approach. 
Offspring obtained from this type of method is chimeric. That is, not all cells include retrovirus.

By Nirav Answered 6 years ago

Choosing the type of method will completely depend on the requirements of your study. If you want to microinject the selected gene construct 
from another species then use DNA microinjection. And as name1 suggested, if you want to transfer genetic element into a cell then go for retrovirus method.

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