Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11025952 | Theriogenology | 2019 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are promising genetic resources for avian studies including modified animals. However, chicken PGCs are slow to proliferate and gradually lose germline competency after long-term culture, which hinders their application in avian biotechnology. Thus, we developed a robust method for the isolation and rapid propagation of PGCs using an indirect co-culture system. PGCs derived from a pair of embryonic chicken gonads were expanded to 1â¯Ãâ¯106 within 2 weeks, and no sex bias was observed in. These PGCs presented high capacity of germline transmission and produced donor-derived offspring after injection into the chicken embryos. This system allows the efficient gene-banking of chicken species and can facilitate the production of chickens bearing a desired phenotype via genomic editing.
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Authors
Long Xie, Zhenping Lu, Dongyang Chen, Mengmeng Yang, Yuying Liao, Wenrong Mao, Lifen Mo, Juanjuan Sun, Wenhao Yang, Huiyan Xu, Kehuan Lu, Yangqing Lu,