Sanshi-Konchu Biotec
Online ISSN : 1884-7943
Print ISSN : 1881-0551
ISSN-L : 1881-0551
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Cryopreservation of germplasm of transgenic silkworms
Yuji MOCHIDAYoko TAKEMURAMasae MATSUMOTOAkio OHNUMAKeiro UCHINOTetsuya IIZUKANatuo KÔMOTOHideki SEZUTSUMakoto KIUCHI
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2014 Volume 83 Issue 2 Pages 2_163-2_170

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This method is reported for the cryopreservation of ovaries and spermatozoa of the transgenic silkworm (Bombyx mori). At first, female moths were artificially inseminated with frozen-thawed semen of transgenic silkworm strains. The fertility varied from 0% to 92.0% depending on the strain. Addition of frozen-thawed semen from triploid moths, which are infertile but include intact apyrene sperm, improved fecundity of cryopreserved semen. The second experiment was ovary transplantation. Ovaries were removed from 5th instar larvae and cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen. The frozen-thawed ovaries were transplanted to 4th instar female larvae which had been surgically castrated. The emerged female moths were mated with nontreated male moths and deposited eggs. The eggs were genetically identical to the donor transgenic silkworm strains. Eggs were surgically removed from ovarian tubules of moths following transplantation of frozen-thawed ovaries and subjected to parthenogenetic activation and artificial hatching. All resulting moths were female and artificially inseminated with frozen-thawed semen. The used semen was collected from the same transgenic silkworm strains. Then the female moths yielded sound offspring of the transgenic silkworm strain at high rates. The third experiment was method of connecting the thread bodies of the donor with those of ovaries of the recipients. The results of connecting the thread bodies of ovaries were relatively high percentage. The emerged female moths artificially inseminated with frozen-thawed semen yielded well-conditioned offspring of the transgenic silkworm strains.

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