Transgenic Research, international in scope, is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed

Peer review

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, scientific journal

Scientific journal

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, published by Springer

Springer Science+Business Media

- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...

. The co-editors-in-chief

Editor in chief

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 are Paul Christou and Bruce Whitelaw.

Scope

The focus of Transgenic Research is rapid publishing research

Research

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 pertaining to transgenic animal

Genetically modified organism

A genetically modified organism or genetically engineered organism is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. These techniques, generally known as recombinant DNA technology, use DNA molecules from different sources, which are combined into one...

s and plants (higher organisms). This focus covers the production of higher organisms, newly developed properties from the transgenic process, experimental applications, and environmental impact

Environmental degradation

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. The interdisciplinary nature of this research crosses between fundamental research in molecular biology

Molecular biology

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 and biotechnology

Biotechnology

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, as well applications within these fields.

This journal covers all topics pertaining to insertion of transgene

Transgene

A transgene is a gene or genetic material that has been transferred naturally or by any of a number of genetic engineering techniques from one organism to another....

s into plants and animals, which result in novel metabolic

Metabolism

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  or novel developmental properties demonstrated on the organism. This includes modification of endogenous genes. Coverage of disciplines, as related to transgenic technology, are physiology, biochemistry

Biochemistry

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, molecular biology, development, genomics

Genomics

Genomics is a discipline in genetics concerning the study of the genomes of organisms. The field includes intensive efforts to determine the entire DNA sequence of organisms and fine-scale genetic mapping efforts. The field also includes studies of intragenomic phenomena such as heterosis,...

, genetics

Genetics

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, behaviour and exploitation

This journal also functions as a forum for ideas and techniques in all topics of transgenic technology and scope that covers a range of organisms from fungi to complex eukaryotic organisms. Issues related to this technology are also covered: public perception, regulatory topics, ethical issues, and intellectual property.

Abstracting and indexing

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External links

• International Society for Transgenic Technologies
• New Jour bibliographic information