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Targeting mammalian genes—rats join in and mice move ahead

New strategies for targeting mammalian genes have produced the first knockout rats and a faster way of generating knockout mice.

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Rossant, J. Targeting mammalian genes—rats join in and mice move ahead. Nat Biotechnol 21, 625–627 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0603-625

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