peripheral blood were collected and digested in lysis buffer (10 μM
Tris-HCl, 0.4 M NaCl, 2 μM EDTA, 1% SDS and 100
μg/ml Proteinase K). The genomic DNA was extracted from lysate by
phenol-chloroform recovered by alcohol precipitation. Genomic mutations of
miscarried and live monkeys were identified by T7EN1 cleavage assay with T7
Endonuclease (NEB) and Sanger sequencing as described previously (Liu et al., 2014 (link)). Age- and
gender-matched WT controls were housed and fed together with mutants under
the same ambient condition. PCR products with mutations detected by T7EN1
cleavage assay were sub-cloned into T vector (Takara). For each sample,
colonies were picked up randomly and Sanger sequenced by M13-47 primer.