title: Development of parthenote following in vivo transfer of embryos in Capra hircus.
abstract: The aim of this study is to generate parthenogenetic embryos from chemically activated in vitro matured caprine oocytes and to study the in vivo developmental potency of such embryos. The parthenogenetic embryos (2-8 and 16 cells to morula stage) were surgically transferred in 26 recipients. Pregnancy in recipients following embryo transfer was monitored by ultrasonography. The recipient aborted a foetus on day 34 post transfer. Sexing of parthenogenetic foetus showed a single band of amelogenin gene indicating female cell DNA. Microsatellite analysis revealed that the recipient has not contributed genetically to the parthenogenetic foetus confirming the identity of aborted foetus of parthenogenetic origin. The authors believe that this is the first authentic report on in vivo development of parthenogenetic foetus in Capra hircus.
authors.affiliation: Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, PO Farah, 281122, Mathura, UP, India, kharche62@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Suresh Dinkar
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kharche
authors.forename: Anil Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Satish Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jindal
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ranjan
authors.forename: Pramod Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Rout
authors.forename: Sudhir Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Puja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saraswat
authors.forename: Ramesh Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Vijh
authors.forename: Dhruba
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malakar
authors.forename: Sadhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bag
authors.forename: Bikash
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sarkhel
authors.forename: Subrat Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhanja
mesh_terms: D053523:Amelogenin / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006041:Goats; D009865:Oocytes / Q000254:growth & development*; D010312:Parthenogenesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D053523:Amelogenin