Resurrecting biodiversity: advanced assisted reproductive technologies and biobanking

RL Bolton, A Mooney, MT Pettit… - Reproduction and …, 2022 - raf.bioscientifica.com
Biodiversity is defined as the presence of a variety of living organisms on the Earth that is
essential for human survival. However, anthropogenic activities are causing the sixth mass …

Improvements in gene editing technology boost its applications in livestock

IV Perisse, Z Fan, GN Singina, KL White… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Accelerated development of novel CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing techniques
provides a feasible approach to introduce a variety of precise modifications in the …

Donor-derived spermatogenesis following stem cell transplantation in sterile NANOS2 knockout males

M Ciccarelli, MI Giassetti, D Miao… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Spermatogonial stem cell transplantation (SSCT) is an experimental technique for transfer of
germline between donor and recipient males that could be used as a tool for biomedical …

Genome centric engineering using ZFNs, TALENs and CRISPR-Cas9 systems for trait improvement and disease control in Animals

AK Wani, N Akhtar, R Singh, A Prakash… - Veterinary research …, 2023 - Springer
Livestock is an essential life commodity in modern agriculture involving breeding and
maintenance. The farming practices have evolved mainly over the last century for …

CRISPR-based gene drives for pest control

GR McFarlane, CBA Whitelaw, SG Lillico - Trends in biotechnology, 2018 - cell.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based gene drives
(GDs) could be used to spread desirable genetic elements through wild populations. With …

Use of gene-editing technology to introduce targeted modifications in pigs

J Ryu, RS Prather, K Lee - Journal of animal science and biotechnology, 2018 - Springer
Pigs are an important resource in agriculture and serve as a model for human diseases. Due
to their physiological and anatomical similarities with humans, pigs can recapitulate …

Livestock gene editing by one-step embryo manipulation

S Navarro-Serna, M Vilarino, I Park, J Gadea… - Journal of equine …, 2020 - Elsevier
The breakthrough and rapid advance of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic
repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) technology has enabled the efficient …

On-farm livestock genome editing using cutting edge reproductive technologies

GR McFarlane, HA Salvesen, A Sternberg… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The global demand for animal-based food products is anticipated to increase by 70% by
2050. Meeting this demand in a way that has minimal impact on the environment will require …

Current progress of genome editing in livestock

K Lee, K Uh, K Farrell - Theriogenology, 2020 - Elsevier
Historically, genetic engineering in livestock proved to be challenging. Without stable
embryonic stem cell lines to utilize, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) had to be employed …

Effects of concentration of CRISPR/Cas9 components on genetic mosaicism in cytoplasmic microinjected porcine embryos

F Tanihara, M Hirata, NT Nguyen, QA Le… - … of Reproduction and …, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Cytoplasmic microinjection (CI) of the CRISPR/Cas9 system enabled the induction of site-
specific mutations in porcine zygotes and resulting pigs. However, mosaicism is a serious …