We have been utilized characteristics and products of various animals by domestication of them from ancient times.
Currently, various useful animals are created by methods such as genetic recombination and contribute to various research fields.
However, we are using only a few animal species, and there are still a lot of genetic resources on animals useful for us.
In our laboratory, we explore animal genetic resources, introduce useful genes from them, analyze them at the molecular level, and develop and breed new model animals by using various genetic techniques for mammals and birds.