Abstract
The zebrafish is a popular animal model for the study of various aspects of health and disease due to its high fecundity, rapid embryonic development, relatively low maintenance costs, and increasing genetic malleability. In light of the high genetic tractability of zebrafish and the constant developments observed in the field of genetic engineering, this chapter reviews some of the major random and targeted gene-editing methods employed in the generation of a variety of mutant and transgenic fish lines to better understand genotype-phenotype relationships. Furthermore, this chapter proposes a novel zebrafish larvae mutagenesis and genotyping approach by coupling targeted integrations with mutagenic gene-break transposon vectors containing fluorescent reporters.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Molecular-Genetic and Statistical Techniques for Behavioral and Neural Research |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 401-416 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128040782 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780128041161 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
Keywords
- CRISPR
- Gene editing
- Gene traps
- Gene-break transposons
- Genetic engineering
- Homology-directed repair (HDR)
- Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ)
- TALEN
- ZFN
- Zebrafish
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
- Neuroscience(all)