ISSN:
1432-2242
Keywords:
Irradiated sperm
;
Transfer vectors
;
Chickens
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary It is concluded that chromatin fragments derived from irradiated chicken spermatozoa are not viable vectors for gene transfer. In three experiments conducted at sequential intervals over a period of 1 1/2 years, no marker traits were found in 1,065 G0 progeny from irradiated spermatozoa of Minnesota Dominant Marker males inseminated into recessive Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn females. The inability to secure transformants is ascribed to the following factors: a maximum of five and probably fewer potential vector fragments for each G0 progeny because of irradiation effect on spermatozoan ability to enter the germinal disc; uncertainty of DNA integrity from highly irradiated chromatin; no known mechanism for release of chromatin fragments from irradiated spermatozoa supernumerary pronuclei; and the uncertainty of selective integration into the zygotic nucleus.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00224391
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