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Genome Editing Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System to Generate a Solid-Red Germline of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).
The CRISPR journal - 1 Aug 2021
Segev-Hadar Adi, Slosman Tatiana, Rozen Ada, Sherman Amir, Cnaani Avner, Biran Jakob
Abstract excerpt
In recent years, there has been increasing demand for red tilapia, which are commercial strains of hybrids of different tilapiine species or red variants of highly inbred Nile tilapia. However, red tilapia phenotypes are genetically unstable and affected by environmental factors, resulting in nonuniform coloration with black or dark-red color blotches that reduce their market value. Solute carrier family 45...
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