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ArticleEMBO reports2019

Genetic manipulation of sex ratio in mammals: the Reaper comes for Mickey.

Michael J Smanski, David Zarkower

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Article in EMBO reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael J SmanskiDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
David ZarkowerDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Biotechnology Institute · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

Control of spermatogonial stem cell formationR01GM127379 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ZARKOWER, DAVID A. · 2019 to 2022
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM127379
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In most animals, sexual reproduction results in a 1:1 ratio of females to males. For several sectors of agriculture, for example, milk or egg production, only a single sex is needed. Biasing the sex ratio so that only offspring of the desired sex are produced has the potential to increase breeding efficiency. In this issue of EMBO Reports, Yosef et al [1] demonstrate a genetic approach to bias the sex ratio in mice by specifically disrupting essential genes in male embryos. Their approach is an important first step toward generating sex-ratio biasing applications for agriculture.

Indexed as

MammalsSex RatioAnimalsBreedingFemaleGenetic TechniquesMaleMiceReproduction

Identifiers

PMID31267656
PMCPMC6680155
OpenAlexW2955646452

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