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Explain Two Implications For Gene Knockdown

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The two implications for gene knockdown I will be discussing are the Survival of population and the health or survival of individual. The survival of the population is affected if the calves die or becomes unhealthy without the BLG protein present in the cow’s milk. This will have a major effect on the survival of the cattle population. This is because if the majority of the calves being born are unable to survive without the BLG protein this means that rest of the calves cannot survive as well, as they are all genetically identical. Hence the population number will decrease significantly. This could also affect the second implication which is the health or survival of individuals as the gene might be used for some other function that they

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