Article
Reproductive performance and expression of imprinted genes in somatic cell cloned boars.
Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho - 1 Nov 2017
Kawarasaki Tatsuo, Enya Satoko, Otake Masayoshi, Shibata Masatoshi, Mikawa Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
To assess the performance of boars derived by somatic cell cloning, we analyzed various aspects of their reproductive characteristics and the expression of two imprinted genes. Cloned boars (cloned Duroc × Jinhua) were analyzed for birth weight, growth rate, age at first ejaculation, semen characteristics and fertility, in comparison with naturally bred control boars of the same strain. The expression of...
Topics
- Animals
- Cloning, Organism
- Female
- Fertility
- Gene Expression
- Genomic Imprinting
- Hybrid Cells
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Nuclear Transfer Techniques
