CRISPR for Longer Cashmere Fibers

Oct 24, 2016

Researchers in China have disrupted the FGF5 gene, which regulates hair growth, in a breed of cashmere goats to yield animals with longer coarse outer hair and longer fine inner hair, New Scientist reports.

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