Faculty Research 1980 - 1989

Completion of mouse embryogenesis requires both the maternal and paternal genomes.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1984

Keywords

Cell-Nucleus: ph, Diploidy, Embryo: ph, Female, Genes, Genotype, In-Vitro, Male, Mice, Mice-Inbred-BALB-C, Mice-Inbred-C57BL, Pregnancy, Pseudopregnancy, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S

First Page

179

Last Page

183

JAX Source

Cell 1984 May;37(1):179-83

Grant

CA10815, CA25875, HD12487, +

Abstract

Transplantation of pronuclei between one-cell-stage embryos was used to construct diploid mouse embryos with two female pronuclei ( biparental gynogenones ) or two male pronuclei ( biparental androgenones ). The ability of these embryos to develop to term was compared with control nuclear-transplant embryos in which the male or the female pronucleus was replaced with an isoparental pronucleus from another embryo. The results show that diploid biparental gynogenetic and androgenetic embryos do not complete normal embryogenesis, whereas control nuclear transplant embryos do. We conclude that the maternal and paternal contributions to the embryonic genome in mammals are not equivalent and that a diploid genome derived from only one of the two parental sexes is incapable of supporting complete embryogenesis.

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