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Protocols for CRISPR/Cas9 Mutagenesis of the Oriental Fruit Fly Bactrocera dorsalis
Published on: September 28, 2022
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Expanding the horizons of genome editing in the fruit fly with Cas12a
Ben Ewen-Campen1, Norbert Perrimon2,3
1Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
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