Chromosome drives via CRISPR-Cas9 in yeast

Self-propagating drives allow for non-Mendelian inheritance. Here the authors use CRISPR to build a chromosome drive, showing elimination of entire chromosomes, endoreduplication of desired chromosomes and enabling preferential transmissions of complex genetic traits on a chromosomal scale in yeast.

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Main Authors: Hui Xu, Mingzhe Han, Shiyi Zhou, Bing-Zhi Li, Yi Wu, Ying-Jin Yuan
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/1bd81577b51e4b508048788982ed323d
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