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

Abstract 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 symptoms of human diseases, making them a useful model in biomedicine. However, in the past pig models have not be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Junghyun Ryu, Randall S. Prather, Kiho Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
Subjects:
Pig
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40104-017-0228-7