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ReviewJournal of animal science and biotechnology2018

Revolutionize livestock breeding in the future: an animal embryo-stem cell breeding system in a dish.

Zhuocheng Hou, Lei An, Jianyong Han, Ye Yuan, Dongbao Chen, Jianhui Tian

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Review in Journal of animal science and biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Toward Practical Embryo Genomic Selection in Cattle: An Optimized Workflow Enabling High-Accuracy Breeding Value Prediction Without Compromising Embryo Survival.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  5. Tracing and Capturing the Epiblast Pluripotency of Sheep Preimplantation Embryos.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  11. Perspectives of pluripotent stem cells in livestock.World journal of stem cells · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhuocheng Hou *1Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Lei An *1Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Jianyong Han2State Key Laboratories for Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Ye Yuan3Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, Denver, USA.
Dongbao Chen4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA.
Jianhui Tian1Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
China Agricultural University · CNColorado Center for Reproductive Medicine · USUniversity of California, Irvine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meat and milk production needs to increase ~ 70-80% relative to its current levels for satisfying the human needs in 2050. However, it is impossible to achieve such genetic gain by conventional animal breeding systems. Based on recent advances with regard to in vitro induction of germ cell from pluripotent stem cells, herein we propose a novel embryo-stem cell breeding system. Distinct from the conventional breeding system in farm animals that involves selecting and mating individuals, the novel breeding system completes breeding cycles from parental to offspring embryos directly by selecting and mating embryos in a dish. In comparison to the conventional dairy breeding scheme, this system can rapidly achieve 30-40 times more genetic gain by significantly shortening generation interval and enhancing selection intensity. However, several major obstacles must be overcome before we can fully use this system in livestock breeding, which include derivation and mantaince of pluripotent stem cells in domestic animals, as well as in vitro induction of primordial germ cells, and subsequent haploid gametes. Thus, we also discuss the potential efforts needed in solving the obstacles for application this novel system, and elaborate on their groundbreaking potential in livestock breeding. This novel system would provide a revolutionary animal breeding system by offering an unprecedented opportunity for meeting the fast-growing meat and milk demand of humans.

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Animal breedingEmbryosGenomic selectionIn vitro germ cell inductionPluripotent stem cells

Identifiers

PMID30568797
PMCPMC6298008
OpenAlexW2904832946

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