Cashmere galore from gene-edited goats

• Autores: Michael Le Page
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3097, 2016, pág. 9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A team in China has created goats that produce a third more cashmere than standard goats. The researchers at the Shanbei Cashmere Goat Farm of Yulin University used the CRISPR gene-editing technique to disable the FGF5 gene, which limits hair growth. In the Shanbel breed of cashmere goats. FGF5 controls hair length in a variety of animals, including humans. For instance, a few people have unusually long eyelashes because of mutations in the gene. The long hair in some breeds of animals, such as Pembroke Welsh corgis, is also due to similar mutation