The paper Highly Efficient Knockout of a Squid Pigmentation Gene [1] > two key advances have made it possible to develop techniques for the genetic manipulatio

The paper Highly Efficient Knockout of a Squid Pigmentation Gene [1] > two key advances have made it possible to develop techniques for the genetic manipulation of squid. The first is the CRISPR-Cas9 system for targeted gene disruption, a largely species-agnostic method. The second is the sequencing of genomes for several cephalopod species. The point is not a clear squid lacking chromatophores, a rather discomforting thought, but creating a new animal model with knockout genes. [1] https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)30985-4 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)...