From the germinal cells to the newborn animal: The transmission of genes and life through the generations

Drion, P. V. and Szenci, O. and Ectors, F. and Wirth, D. and Perényi, Zs. and Muller, P. and Beckers, J. F. (2003) From the germinal cells to the newborn animal: The transmission of genes and life through the generations. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 51 (3). pp. 371-384. ISSN 0236-6290

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Abstract

The technology of reproduction progressed considerably during the last decade, leading to a certain availability of in vitro methods for fertilisation, oocyte maturation and embryo culture. The most spectacular manipulations are cloning and transgenesis. This review focuses on the early appearance of germinal cell precursors and the long-standing fate of gametes in mammals. The evident complexity and long-term programming of events in gametes and early embryos explain part of the difficulties encountered during the development of in vitro and in vivo methods such as multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET), oestrus synchronisation, ovulation induction, superovulation, in vitro maturation and fertilisation, cryopreservation, transgenesis, nuclear transfer and cloning) and the occurrence of unexpected alterations of development, e.g. embryonic or fetal mortality, large-weight newborn syndrome and other dysregulations in imprinting or DNA transmission.

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