Biodiversity as a source for synthetic domestication of useful specific traits

Plant and animal domestication form the foundation of agriculture. Currently, there are considerable efforts and hypotheses to understand adaptation and regulatory processes involving domestication and biodiversity organisms. Here, we propose the use of recombinant DNA as a foundation for the synthetic domestication of biodiversity traits. For example, we commented on current studies involving synthetic spider‐like fibres production in bacteria and mimicking oil seed species in genetically manipulated soybean. We suggest that this approach constitutes a sustainable and viable option for conservation and development of value‐added processes and products from biodiversity.