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CRISPR is for writing, not reading.
CRISPR is for cutting, not reading or writing.
dont you try to out pedant me
Lean in.
Cas9 is the endonuclease. CRISPR refers to DNA sequences responsible for 'guide' RNA. Something else made the sequence to be inserted. The cell's repair mechanism ligates the ends back together.
Crispr is how I tell McDonald's I want my fries but what I receive is some fucked up mutation of what I expected.