• Extensive intraspecies cryptic variation in an ancient embryonic gene regulatory network 

      Torres Cleuren, Yamila Nicole; Ewe, Chee Kiang; Chipman, Kyle C; Mears, Emily R; Wood, Cricket G; Al-Alami, Coco Emma Alma; Alcorn, Melissa R; Turner, Thomas L; Joshi, Pradeep M; Snell, Russell G; Rothman, Joel H (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-15)
      Innovations in metazoan development arise from evolutionary modification of gene regulatory networks (GRNs). We report widespread cryptic variation in the requirement for two key regulatory inputs, SKN-1/Nrf2 and MOM-2/Wnt, ...
    • Rapid genome editing by CRISPR-Cas9-POLD3 fusion 

      Reint, Ganna; Li, Zhuokun; Labun, Kornel; Keskitalo, Salla; Soppa, Inkeri; Mamia, Katariina Aino Inkeri; Tolo, Eero; Szymanska, Monika; Meza-Zepeda, Leonardo A.; Lorenz, Susanne; Cieslar-Pobuda, Artur Grzegorz; Hu, Xian; Bodin, Diana L; Staerk, Judith; Valen, Eivind Dale; Schmierer, Bernhard; Varjosalo, Markku; Taipale, Jussi; Haapaniemi, Emma Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Precision CRISPR gene editing relies on the cellular homology-directed DNA repair (HDR) to introduce custom DNA sequences to target sites. The HDR editing efficiency varies between cell types and genomic sites, and the ...