Species: Pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)

Country of 1st Author: China
Year: 2020

Breed Strain	Meishan
Institute	Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing CN
Editing Method	Cloned cell line
SDN Type	SDN-1
Foreign DNA	No
Undergone Regulatory Process	No

Target Gene(s)

Gene Name	Gene Trait	Trait Category	NGT	Methods/Remarks
MSTN Myostatin	Double muscle	Yield	TALEN	Frameshift mutation missing 11 nucleotides in exon 2

References, Documents, and Links

• Frameshift mutation in myostatin gene by zinc-finger nucleases results in a significant increase in muscle mass in Meishan sows