Using CRISPR to Replace Swimming Legs with Jumping Legs (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Using CRISPR to Replace Swimming Legs with Jumping Legs

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This is a scanning electron microscope image of a mutant amphipod, with false colors (in red) showing two hind jumping legs that replaced swimming-appendages after CRISPR genome editing.

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Arnaud Martin/UC Berkeley

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