Transcriptome changes at the initiation of elongation in the bovine conceptus
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ABSTRACT: Temporal changes in the embryo transcriptome between the blastocyst stage (Day 7) and initiation of elongation (Day 13) differ between in vivo- and in vitro-derived embryos and are reflective of subsequent developmental fate. The aim of this study was to examine the temporal changes in transcriptional profile as the embryo develops from a spherical blastocyst on Day 7 to an ovoid conceptus at the initiation of elongation on Day 13 and to highlight differences in these temporal gene expression dynamics between in vivo- and in vitro-derived blastocysts which may be associated with embryonic survival/mortality using the bovine Affymetrix microarray. All embryos were produced either in vitro by IVF or in vivo by superovulation. A proportion of Day 7 blastocysts were snap frozen and the remainder were transferred (n=10 per recipient) to synchronized heifers, recovered on Day 13 and snap frozen individually. Three pools of Day 7 blastocysts (n=25 per pool for in vitro and in vivo, respectively) and three pools of Day 13 conceptuses (n=5 per pool, for in vivo and in vitro) were used for microarray. analysis.
ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus
SUBMITTER: Jai Prakash Mehta
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27817 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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