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Cas9-induced nonhomologous recombination in C. elegans

Zdraljevic, S.; Walter-McNeill, L.; Marquez, H.; Kruglyak, L.

2023-01-20 genetics Community evaluation
10.1101/2023.01.19.524763 bioRxiv
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Identification of the genetic basis of phenotypic variation within species remains challenging. In species with low recombination rates, such as Caenorhabditis elegans, genomic regions linked to a phenotype of interest by genetic mapping studies are often large, making it difficult to identify the specific genes and DNA sequence variants that underlie phenotypic differences. Here, we introduce a method that enables researchers to induce targeted recombination in C. elegans with Cas9. We demonstrate that high rates of targeted recombination can be induced by Cas9 in a genomic region in which naturally occurring recombination events are exceedingly rare. We anticipate that Cas9-induced nonhomologous recombination (CINR) will greatly facilitate high-resolution genetic mapping in this species.

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