Article
Birth of parthenogenetic mice that can develop to adulthood.
Nature - 22 Apr 2004
Kono Tomohiro, Obata Yayoi, Wu Quiong, Niwa Katsutoshi, Ono Yukiko, Yamamoto Yuji, Park Eun Sung, Seo Jeong-Sun, Ogawa Hidehiko
Abstract excerpt
Only mammals have relinquished parthenogenesis, a means of producing descendants solely from maternal germ cells. Mouse parthenogenetic embryos die by day 10 of gestation. Bi-parental reproduction is necessary because of parent-specific epigenetic modification of the genome during gametogenesis. This leads to unequal expression of imprinted genes from the maternal and paternal alleles. However, there is no direct...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
