CRISPR poised to transform livestock breeding in Africa
By Joseph Opoku Gakpo
March 6, 2018
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Gene editing will dramatically transform livestock breeding in Africa for the better in the next few years, predicted Dr. Andrew Kiggundu, a Ugandan agricultural scientist. CRISPR and other gene editing technology will have a much greater impact on animal production than crops due to the nature of livestock disease in Africa, said Kiggundu, project manager of the Institute for International Crop Improvement at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2018/03/crispr-poised-transform-livestock-breeding-africa/
