Indian Journal of Animal Sciences (Jul 2016)

Haematopoietic chimerism expressivity in bovine heterosexual twins

  • M L KOCHNEVA,
  • T T GLAZKO,
  • K V ZHUCHAEV,
  • G Y KOSOVSKIY,
  • V I GLAZKO

DOI
https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v86i7.59957
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 86, no. 7

Abstract

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The aim of the experiment was to study the haematopoietic chimerism in bovine heterosexual twins conceived through artificial insemination and post-embryo transfer. Both animal groups were revealed to have a wide individual range of variability for the expressivity of chimerism that varied from 0 to 96% of cells with the chromosomes of an opposite sex. The study also revealed the tendency towards increased frequency of cytogenetic anomalies in immigrant cells.

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