A bacterial defense system vs. Doudna and Charpentier.
Which meaning of CRISPR is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? CRISPR (bacterial immunity) came first (c. 1987). CRISPR gene editing arrived in 2012. The data below shows which one owns the word now.
Wikipedia pageviews since 2015
CRISPR (bacterial immunity)CRISPR gene editing
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Original · c. 1987
CRISPR (bacterial immunity)
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Duplicate · c. 2012
CRISPR gene editing
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