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More abundant and healthier meat: will the MSTN editing epitome empower the commercialization of gene editing in livestock?

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31972526, 31772571, and M0186), and Local Grants (2020KW-028 and 2020TS-001). The authors are grateful to Peter Kalds for his fruitful discussions and comments during manuscript preparation.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712110, China

    Xiaolong Wang

  2. Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI), Mariensee, 31535, Germany

    Björn Petersen

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Wang, X., Petersen, B. More abundant and healthier meat: will the MSTN editing epitome empower the commercialization of gene editing in livestock?. Sci. China Life Sci. 65, 448–450 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-021-1980-4

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