The milestone could pave the way for researchers to study the biology of cephalopods like squid the same way they study more common lab animals like study mice.
A team of researchers have genetically altered a squid for the first time in history, an important step in the study of cephalopods.
Rosenthal said one of the biggest challenges was delivering the gene editing system through the tough outer layer of the embryo, a procedure that involved clipping the egg with microscissors. "This is just a first step to showing that the capabilities are out there," Rosenthal said, noting that squids have more than 25,000 genes to which this technology could be applied."This paper is really opening up a new species for biological interrogation."
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