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A CRISPR first produces squid as clear as glass

The creation of spotless cephalopods hints that squid could make a good model organism for applying CRISPR to brain research.
Two jelly-like creatures with big eyes, one transparent, the other with small dark spots all over it.

A longfin inshore squid hatchling treated with CRISPR gene editing lacks the spots of its untreated companion. Credit: K. Crawford et al./Curr. Biol.

Researchers have used CRISPR–Cas9 genome-editing technology to make squid transparent — the first use of CRISPR in cephalopods, a class of marine invertebrates.

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Nature 584, 11 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02242-3

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