Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/crispr-associated protein and its utility all at sea: status, challenges, and prospects

J Li, S Wu, K Zhang, X Sun, W Lin, C Wang, S Lin - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Initially discovered over 35 years ago in the bacterium Escherichia coli as a defense system
against invasion of viral (or other exogenous) DNA into the genome, CRISPR/Cas has …

Gamete-exporting organs of vertebrates: dazed and confused

A Kanamori, Y Kobayashi - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mature gametes are transported externally for fertilization. In vertebrates, the gonads are
located within the coelom. Consequently, each species has specific organs for export, which …

Exploring the origin of a unique mutant allele in twin-tail goldfish using CRISPR/Cas9 mutants

SH Lee, CY Wang, IJ Li, G Abe, KG Ota - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Artificial selection has been widely applied to genetically fix rare phenotypic features in
ornamental domesticated animals. For many of these animals, the mutated loci and alleles …

Lampreys and spinal cord regeneration:“a very special claim on the interest of zoologists,” 1830s-present

K Maxson Jones, JR Morgan - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Employing history of science methods, including analyses of the scientific literature, archival
documents, and interviews with scientists, this paper presents a history of lampreys in …

The dwarf neon rainbowfish Melanotaenia praecox, a small spiny‐rayed fish with potential as a new Acanthomorpha model fish: II. Establishment of a microinjection …

K Miyamoto, G Abe, K Kawakami… - Developmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Rainbowfish is a clade of colorful freshwater fish. Melanotaenia praecox is a
small rainbowfish species with biological characteristics that make it potentially useful as an …