A detailed procedure for CRISPR/Cas9 editing in zebrafish has been described previously [36 (link)]. Blast search of the zebrafish genome confirmed the existence of a single cdipt paralog in zebrafish (NM_207088). The cdipt target in this study was 5’- GGTTCACCAGCAAACACATGGTGG-3’ in exon 3. One-cell-stage AB WT embryos were injected with gRNA and Ca9 mRNA with a Picopump (World Precision Instruments). Potential founders (F0) were outcrossed to AB WT fish. Genomic DNA was isolated from single F1 embryos at 6 dpf and genotyped using high resolution melt (HRM) analysis. A cdipt sequence spanning the CRISPR/Cas9 target site was amplified with the following primers: F: 5’-AGCTGGAACAGAAAAGTGTAGGA-3’; and R: 5’-TAGGTACAAAATTTGGTGCAATG-3’. Carriers were identified and outcrossed ultimately to the F3 generation. In-cross progeny from the F3 and F4 generations were characterized in this study.
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