Off-Target Assessment in Edited Livestock: A Technical Note on Whole-Genome Confirmation Depth

Authors

  • Emil Herceg Department of Animal Genetics, Dalmatinska Zagora Centre for Plant Genome Engineering, Knin, Croatia Author
  • Fanni-Maria Lahdensuo Department of Bioinformatics, Pohjois-Savo Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Iisalmi, Finland Author
  • Eftychia Gregoriou Centre for Biosafety, Akamas Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Polis, Cyprus Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22666638

Keywords:

Off-Target Assessment in Edited Livestock; Agricultural biotechnology; Gene editing; Evidence synthesis; Biosafety regulation

Abstract

Off-Target Assessment in Edited Livestock has moved quickly from a research idea to something a working breeding or production
programme can actually use, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the current evidence for
off-target assessment in edited livestock, covering the methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where
practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and regulators are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective,
context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2024-05-29