A Most Formidable Arsenal: Genetic Technologies for Building a Better Mouse

Overview

Journal Genes Dev

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2020 Oct 2

PMID 33004485

Citations 21

Authors

James F Clark

Colin J Dinsmore

Philippe Soriano

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Abstract

The mouse is one of the most widely used model organisms for genetic study. The tools available to alter the mouse genome have developed over the preceding decades from forward screens to gene targeting in stem cells to the recent influx of CRISPR approaches. In this review, we first consider the history of mice in genetic study, the development of classic approaches to genome modification, and how such approaches have been used and improved in recent years. We then turn to the recent surge of nuclease-mediated techniques and how they are changing the field of mouse genetics. Finally, we survey common classes of alleles used in mice and discuss how they might be engineered using different methods.

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