PRODUCTION OF CHIMERAS IN THE DEER MOUSE PEROMYSCUS-MANICULATUS-BAIRDI
PRODUCTION OF CHIMERAS IN THE DEER MOUSE PEROMYSCUS-MANICULATUS-BAIRDI
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DOI:
10.1002/jez.1402180211
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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通讯作者:
MARKERT, CL
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作者:
KLEIN, MS;MARKERT, CL
The production of intraspecific chimeras in the deer mouse, P. maniculatus, was undertaken to make another genus of mammals useful for studies of reproductive biology, developmental genetics and embryonic development. Peromyscus was generally amenable to the same experimental procedures and techniques employed in producing Mus musculus chimeras. Peromyscus embryos could be successfully manipulated and cultured in vitro. Fertilized eggs and 2-cell embryos continue cleavage when cultured in vitro and form morulae and blastocysts. Almost all the 4- and 8-cell embryos that were aggregated remained together and developed, after 1 day of culture in vitro, to form chimeric morulae and blastocysts. Certain changes were made in the chimera-making procedure employed for M. musculus to accommodate some of the differences in reproductive physiology and behavior of Peromyscus. The methods for the preparation of donor females and of foster mothers had to be modified to obtain embryos on the scheduled day of the experiment, and to obtain pseudopregnant foster mothers. With these revised procedures, 3 P. m. bairdi chimeras were produced. Two are healthy fertile males displaying chimerism in the fur. The other chimera was delivered dead at 17 days of gestation, after its foster mother died. Chimerism was detected in the retinal epithelium of the eye by the presence of black pigmented patches contributed by the wild-type genotype, and unpigmented patches, contributed by the blonde mutant genotype. Developing the procedures enabling the production of the 1st chimeras in this genus makes Peromyscus a suitable animal for exacting technical manipulations in the laboratory.