[Changes in the cavitation start time in chimeric CB6F1 <--> BALB/c embryos]

Tsitol Genet. 1998 Apr-May;32(3):84-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

It is found out that the acceleration of preimplantation morphogenesis is observed in mouse chimeras between single two-cell-stage blastomeres of BALB/c and [BALB/c x C57B1/6] x C57B1/6 (F2) embryos. The paired aggregation of blastomeres of two-cell stage made F2-BALB/c chimeras to start cavitation 8 +/- 2 hours earlier than F2<-->F2 and BALB/c-BALB/c control embryos. We have demonstrated for the first time the 'chimeric' heterosis on preimplantation stages. Possible approaches to the future studies of this phenomenon are discussed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blastocyst / physiology
  • Chimera / physiology*
  • Crosses, Genetic*
  • Female
  • Hybrid Vigor / physiology
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C / embryology*
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL / embryology*
  • Morphogenesis / physiology
  • Time Factors