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Shunsuke Yaguchi1, Junko Yaguchi2, Haruka Suzuki2
1Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba, 5-10-1 Shimoda, Shizuoka 415-0025, Japan; PRESTO, JST, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, 332-0012 Japan.
Current Biology : CB
|May 20, 2020
Abstract:
Yaguchi et al. establish a homozygous knock-out sea urchin line by applying the CRISPR-Cas9 system to a new model species, Temnopleurus reevesii, whose breeding cycle takes about half a year.

