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ra0001p318 | (1) | WCRB2014

Transmission of lethal phenotype in a Mendelian fashion by genetically modified pigs that underwent blastocyst complementation

Matsunari Hitomi , Watanabe Masahito , Umeyama Kazuhiro , Nakano Kazuaki , Nagaya Masaki , Nakauchi Hiromitsu , Nagashima Hiroshi

In our previous study, we demonstrated that pigs expressing neonatally lethal phenotype induced by genetic modification could be rescued by induction of chimerism by using blastocyst complementation. Here, we show that the obtained chimeric pigs can faithfully transmit the genotype, which is the cause of the lethal traits, to progenies.Cloned embryos (male) of pigs showing the phenotype of pancreatogenesis deficiency by expression of the Pdx1-Hes1</e...