Keywords: transgenic mice
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Engineering mice for female-biased progeny without impacting genetic integrity and litter sizeIdo Yosef, Tridib Mahata, Yuhuang Chen, Hadas Bar-Joseph, Ruth Shalgi, Ariel Munitz, Motti Gerlic, Udi Qimron, bioRxiv, 2023.
Generating mammalian gametes with a skewed sex ratio has thus far eluded empirical confirmation. The utilization of such genetically engineered organisms would offer the potential to curtail the necessity for culling animals of undesirable sex, mitigate resource wastage, and ... |
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MIT Researchers Propose Using Genetically Modified Mice to Fight Lyme DiseaseK. Perrotte, Field and Stream, 2022.
In Massachusetts, researchers at MIT are proposing an experiment that would involve releasing genetically engineered mice into the native mouse population to ultimately reduce the prevalence of Lyme disease.Nantucket Island is the area proposed for the study, which has been years ... |
