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Recent progress in reproduction of whale oocytes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2011

Yue-Liang Zheng
Yue-Liang Zheng*
Affiliation:
College of Life Science, Linyi University, Linyi City, Shandong Province, China.
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All correspondence to: Yue-Liang Zheng. College of Life Science, Linyi University, Linyi City, Shandong Province, China. e-mail: zhyl_linyi@yahoo.com.cn
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Summary

Whale oocytes recovered from follicles can be matured in vitro. Whale sperm and mature oocytes can be used for in vitro fertilization (IVF), and IVF embryos have the ability to develop to morula stage. Whale sperm injected into bovine or mouse oocytes can activate the oocytes and form pronucleus. Interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos have been reconstructed with whale somatic cell nucleus and enucleated bovine or porcine oocytes, and interspecies cloned embryos can develop in vitro. This paper reviews recent progress in maturation, fertilization and development of whale oocytes.

Keywords

EmbryoFertilizationMaturationOocyteWhale

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Zygote , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , August 2013 , pp. 246 - 249
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011 

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