Cloned cows with short telomeres deliver healthy offspring with normal-length telomeres

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 636-642

  Miyashita, Norikazu ^a   Kubo, Yasuaki ^b   Yonai, Miharu ^c   Kaneyama, Kanako ^d   Saito, Norio ^d   Sawai, Ken ^e   Minamihashi, Akira ^f   Suzuki, Toshiyuki ^g   Kojima, Toshiyuki ^h   Nagai, Takashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^e IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Hokkaido Animal Research Center   (Japan)

^g Iwate Prefectural Agriculture Research Center   (Japan)

^h KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Cattle; Germ line; Mammalian cloning; Telomere

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, ORGANISM; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEALTH; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80355138134     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.11-017A     Document Type: Article

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