Sarah McAnulty on NPR’s Something Considered Posted on August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 by Vining, Susan The 1st Gene-Altered Squid Has Thrilled Biologists read and/ or listen On the left is an unmodified hatchling of a longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis pealeii). The one on the right was injected with CRISPR-Cas9 targeting a pigmentation gene before the first cell division. It has very few pigmented cells and lighter eyes.Karen Crawford