Worm Genes KO'd: First Mice and Fruit Flies, Now Nematodes

Knocking genes out of action allows researchers to learn what genes do. University of Utah biologists pioneered the field. Mario Capecchi won a Nobel Prize for knockout mice. Kent Golic crippled fruit fly genes. Now, Erik Jorgensen and colleagues have deleted genes in nematode worms.

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