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A TECHNOLOGY FOR EASY AND RELIABLE CLONING OF MAMMALS IS BEING DEVELOPED.
Award Information
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 771
Amount:
$30,000.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
N/A
Award Year:
1983
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
N/A
Small Business Information
Knoxville, TN
00000
United States
DUNS:
N/A
HUBZone Owned:
No
Woman Owned:
No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
No
Principal Investigator
Name: PATSY K. LIAMS-BOYCE
Title: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Phone: () -
Title: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Phone: () -
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract
A TECHNOLOGY FOR EASY AND RELIABLE CLONING OF MAMMALS IS BEING DEVELOPED. THE INITIAL WORK WILL BE DONE WITH RABBITS BUT EVENTUALLY MULTIPLE COPIES OF MANY LAB- ORATORY, DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IS ANTICIPATED. TWO METHODS WILLATTEM1) USING CHEMICAL AND/O ELECTRICAL TREATMENT TO CAUSE OOCYTE-CELL FUSIONS 2) BY INDUCING OOCYTE DIPLOIDY WI CYTOCHALISIN B OR IRDIATED SPERM. THESE PROCEDURES WILL PRODUCE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ANIMALS FOR UNIQUE GENETIC RECOMBINATION AND REGULATION.
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