Male germline stem cells (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Male germline stem cells

Caption

Researchers discovered that CRISPR-Cas9 genetic editing during meiosis was key to controlling allelic inheritance in male and female mice. The image shows male germline stem cells (magenta only) and Cas9 expression in meiotic spermatocytes marked by the overlap of magenta and green.

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Cooper Lab, UC San Diego

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Must be used in conjunction with PLOS Biology paper on genetic inheritance control in mice.

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