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Early development and nuclear transfer in the chick

ReferenceBBS/E/R/00000665
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Helen Sang
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution The Roslin Institute
DepartmentThe Roslin Institute Department
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 734,991
StatusCompleted
TypeInstitute Project
Start date 01/04/2002
End date 30/09/2006
Duration54 months

Abstract

The programme described aims to utilize the established method for production of transgenic chickens for the production of hens expressing foreign proteins, using the lysozyme gene to direct expression to the oviduct. The ovum manipulation and chick embryo culture method will be adapted to form the basis of experiments to develop nuclear transfer technology in birds. Basic experiments to investigate the role of the chicken vasa gene homologue and BMP growth factors in primordial germ cell specification and development will be initiated.

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Committee Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative X - not in an Initiative
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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