Gene editing in birds takes flight

The application of gene editing (GE) technology to create precise changes to the genome of bird species will provide new and exciting opportunities for the biomedical, agricultural and biotechnology industries, as well as providing new approaches for producing research models. Recent advances in modifying both the somatic and germ cell lineages in chicken indicate that this species, and conceivably soon other avian species, has joined a growing number of model organisms in the gene editing revolution.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Mammalian Genome

• Publication date

  2017-06-13

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Biology

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  DOI 10.1007/s00335-017-9701-zPMID 28612238PMCID 5569130
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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