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1 February 2004 Developmental Potential of Bovine Androgenetic and Parthenogenetic Embryos: A Comparative Study
Irina Lagutina, Giovanna Lazzari, Roberto Duchi, Cesare Galli
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Abstract

In this study, we compared the developmental capacity of bovine haploid and diploid androgenetic and parthenogenetic embryos obtained by different methods. Androgenetic embryos were produced by piezo-intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF) of enucleated oocytes with or without subsequent pronuclear transfer from one haploid zygote to another. Parthenogenetic embryos were obtained by activation of matured oocytes by ionomycin combined with cycloheximide or 6-dimethylaminopurine (DMAP) treatment. Only few cleaved androgenetic haploid embryos were able to compact (2.7%) and to form blastocysts (1.8%), while significantly more haploid parthenogenotes underwent compaction (24–37%) and a minority developed to blastocysts at different rates, depending on the activation procedure (cycloheximide 3%, 6-DMAP 14.5%). By contrast, development to blastocyst of diploid androgenotes, cloned androgenetic embryos, and parthenogenotes (31%, 39%, and 43%, respectively) was similar to IVF control embryos (35%). Cell number on Day 7 was higher for IVF blastocysts and decreased in consecutive order in diploid androgenotes, diploid parthenogenotes, and haploid uniparental embryos. Following transfer of diploid androgenetic embryos, a pregnancy was established and maintained up to Day 28.

Irina Lagutina, Giovanna Lazzari, Roberto Duchi, and Cesare Galli "Developmental Potential of Bovine Androgenetic and Parthenogenetic Embryos: A Comparative Study," Biology of Reproduction 70(2), 400-405, (1 February 2004). https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.103.021972
Received: 6 August 2003; Accepted: 1 October 2003; Published: 1 February 2004
KEYWORDS
developmental biology
early development
embryo
implantation
in vitro fertilization
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