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. 2015 Nov 27;16(1):46–56. doi: 10.1093/bfgp/elv053

Table 1.

Examples of HDR-mediated gene modification in mammalian zygotes

Subject Gene modification Efficiency in neonates (embryos) Off-target mutation Mosaicism Genome editing Remarks Reference
Mouse zygotes Introduction of V5 tag (42bp) into Sox2, two loxP (34 bp) sites into Mecp2 Sox: 6.0%, Mecp2: 0.8% Yes (Mecp2) Yes Cas9 Cytoplasmic or pronuclear injection [39]
Mouse zygotes Correction of Crytg with 1bp deletion in exon3 4.4∼5.7% Yes N.D. Cas9 Cytoplasmic injection [40]
Mouse zygotes Correction of Dmdmdx 9.1% (No)a Yes Cas9 Pronuclear injection only, or pronuclear and cytoplasmic injections [41]
Mouse zygotes Correction of Crb1rd8 27% Yes Yes TALEN Pronuclear injection [42]
Rat zygotes Correction of Tyrc, Asipa, Kit h Tyr: 7.7 %, Asip:18.2%, Kit: 4.0% (No)a Yes Cas9 Pronuclear injection [43]
Human zygotes Introduction of silent mutations into HBB (4.7%) Yes Yes Cas9 Cytoplasmic injection [24]
a

(No) shows that no off-target mutations were identified at potential off-target sites.