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ReviewTransgenic research2016

Gene targeting, genome editing: from Dolly to editors.

Wenfang Tan, Chris Proudfoot, Simon G Lillico, C Bruce A Whitelaw

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Review in Transgenic research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed
12.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 163 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Current and future uses of genetic improvement technologies in livestock breeding programs.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2025
    Article
  4. Current Techniques of Gene Editing in Pigs for Xenotransplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
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  9. Perspectives in Genome-Editing Techniques for Livestock.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
    Review
  10. Genome Editing and Protein Energy Malnutrition.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
    Article
  11. Single-Step Genome Editing of Small Ruminant Embryos by Electroporation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
    Article
  12. Article
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  14. Application of the transgenic pig model in biomedical research: A review.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
    Review
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  18. Current status of the application of gene editing in pigs.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2021
    Review
  19. Dolly at 25… is she '… still goin' strong?'Reproduction (Cambridge, England) · 2021
    Article
  20. Article

5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenfang TanThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.
Chris ProudfootThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.
Simon G LillicoThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.
C Bruce A WhitelawThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK. bruce.whitelaw@roslin.ed.ac.uk.
Roslin Institute · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the most powerful strategies to investigate biology we have as scientists, is the ability to transfer genetic material in a controlled and deliberate manner between organisms. When applied to livestock, applications worthy of commercial venture can be devised. Although initial methods used to generate transgenic livestock resulted in random transgene insertion, the development of SCNT technology enabled homologous recombination gene targeting strategies to be used in livestock. Much has been accomplished using this approach. However, now we have the ability to change a specific base in the genome without leaving any other DNA mark, with no need for a transgene. With the advent of the genome editors this is now possible and like other significant technological leaps, the result is an even greater diversity of possible applications. Indeed, in merely 5 years, these 'molecular scissors' have enabled the production of more than 300 differently edited pigs, cattle, sheep and goats. The advent of genome editors has brought genetic engineering of livestock to a position where industry, the public and politicians are all eager to see real use of genetically engineered livestock to address societal needs. Since the first transgenic livestock reported just over three decades ago the field of livestock biotechnology has come a long way-but the most exciting period is just starting.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBiotechnologyCattleGene EditingGene TargetingGenomeGoatsHomologous RecombinationLivestockSheepSwineCRISPR/Cas9Cytoplasmic injectionGene targetingGenome editingLivestockSCNT or cloningTALENs

Identifiers

PMID26847670
PMCPMC4882362
OpenAlexW2253006044

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Registered trials

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