- Title
- Advantages of using the CRISPR/Cas9 system of genome editing to investigate male reproductive mechanisms using mouse models
- Creator
- Young, Samantha A. M.; Aitken, R. John; Ikawa, Masahito
- Relation
- Asian Journal of Andrology Vol. 17, Issue 4, p. 623-627
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1008-682X.153851
- Publisher
- Medknow Publications and Media
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Gene disruption technology has long been beneficial for the study of male reproductive biology. However, because of the time and cost involved, this technology was not a viable method except in specialist laboratories. The advent of the CRISPR/Cas9 system of gene disruption has ushered in a new era of genetic investigation. Now, it is possible to generate gene-disrupted mouse models in very little time and at very little cost. This Highlight article discusses the application of this technology to study the genetics of male fertility and looks at some of the future uses of this system that could be used to reveal the essential and nonessential genetic components of male reproductive mechanisms.
- Subject
- gene disruption; mice; fertility; reproduction
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1324006
- Identifier
- uon:24938
- Identifier
- ISSN:1008-682X
- Rights
- This article is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (CC BY-NC-SA), which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Language
- eng
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