Genome editing using TALENs in blind Mexican Cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus.

Astyanax mexicanus, a teleost fish that exists in a river-dwelling surface form and multiple cave-dwelling forms, is an excellent system for studying the genetic basis of evolution. Cavefish populations, which independently evolved from surface fish ancestors multiple times, have evolved a number of...

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Main Authors: Li Ma, William R Jeffery, Jeffrey J Essner, Johanna E Kowalko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4361574?pdf=render