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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Reviving rare chicken breeds using genetically engineered sterility in surrogate host birds.

Mark E Woodcock, Almas A Gheyas, Andrew S Mason, Sunil Nandi, Lorna Taylor, Adrian Sherman, Jacqueline Smith, Dave W Burt, Rachel Hawken, Michael J McGrew

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mark E WoodcockDivision of Functional Genetics and Development, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9RG Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Almas A GheyasDivision of Functional Genetics and Development, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9RG Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Andrew S MasonDivision of Functional Genetics and Development, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9RG Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Sunil NandiDivision of Functional Genetics and Development, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9RG Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Lorna TaylorDivision of Functional Genetics and Development, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9RG Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Adrian ShermanDivision of Functional Genetics and Development, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9RG Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Jacqueline SmithDivision of Functional Genetics and Development, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9RG Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Dave W BurtOffice of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
Rachel HawkenCobb-Europe, CO7 7QR Colchester, United Kingdom.
Michael J McGrewDivision of Functional Genetics and Development, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9RG Midlothian, United Kingdom; mike.mcgrew@roslin.ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8213-4632
Roslin Institute · GBThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P0.13732/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P013759/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/20211550Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/20320000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In macrolecithal species, cryopreservation of the oocyte and zygote is not possible due to the large size and quantity of lipid deposited within the egg. For birds, this signifies that cryopreserving and regenerating a species from frozen cellular material are currently technically unfeasible. Diploid primordial germ cells (PGCs) are a potential means to freeze down the entire genome and reconstitute an avian species from frozen material. Here, we examine the use of genetically engineered (GE) sterile female layer chicken as surrogate hosts for the transplantation of cryopreserved avian PGCs from rare heritage breeds of chicken. We first amplified PGC numbers in culture before cryopreservation and subsequent transplantation into host GE embryos. We found that all hatched offspring from the chimera GE hens were derived from the donor rare heritage breed broiler PGCs, and using cryopreserved semen, we were able to produce pure offspring. Measurement of the mutation rate of PGCs in culture revealed that 2.7 × 10

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBreedingChickensCryopreservationDiploidyEmbryo TransferFemaleGene EditingGenetic EngineeringGerm CellsInfertilityMalebiodiversityconservationgenome editingpoultryprimordial germ cell

Identifiers

PMID31575742
PMCPMC6800374
OpenAlexW2978346470

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