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Using Plodia interpunctella, white and scarlet co-CRISPR markers enabled sequence-confirmed recovery of edited G0 individuals, achieving 93% success (191/206) across six target genes.
- Why it matters: Co-CRISPR needs reliable, easily scored markers to efficiently identify genome-edited insects, especially when many target genes lack visible phenotypes.
- What they did: The study disrupted eight melanin/ommochrome pathway genes to assess scorable traits, then used white or scarlet to select G0 individuals and confirmed edits by sequencing and phenotype scoring.
- The result: White or scarlet selection yielded 100% positive predictive value for detecting secondary yellow mutations in G0, and identified sequence-confirmed mutations in 191 of 206 G0 individuals (93%) for six meiosis-related genes.
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