The milk of goats has been genetically modified to produce human antithrombin,a protein with anticoagulant properties.How did the recombinant plasmid containing the human antithrombin gene get into the goats?

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The recombinant plasmid containing the human antithrombin gene was put into a goat oocyte, which was in turn fertilized and implanted into a surrogate goat mother. This is a method of genetic engineering called transgenesis, which involves introducing foreign DNA into an organism's genome before it develops. In this case, the foreign DNA was introduced into the goat's egg cell, which then developed into an embryo and was implanted into a surrogate goat mother.

The Milk of Goats Has Been Genetically Modified to Produce