Female rotifer (Brachionus manjavacas) carrying eggs (IMAGE)
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A female Brachionus manjavacas rotifer, as magnified under a microscope. This rotifer is 350 µm long; about the size of a grain of sand. The hair-like cilia at the top of the individual are used for swimming and feeding. By injecting the CRISPR system components into the female’s large reproductive system, the targeted genes should be edited in the four developing eggs she is carrying at her posterior end. These eggs will hatch within a day, and the offspring will carry the edited genes. The image was taken with the polychromatic polarizing microscope, giving the normally transparent animal a colorful appearance.
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Michael Shribak and Kristin Gribble
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