Files titled 'Large Offspring (SOAFD)'
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-1320/2/1/4
- Dates of Creation:1992-1997
- Physical Description:4 Files
Scope and Content
Papers relating to research on large offpsring, particularly in sheep, on the projects 'Preovulatory influences on embryo development and foetal growth' and 'In vitro culture of sheep zygotes and its effect on foetal size and development'. Contains correspondence with MAFF, SOAFD and other project partners; copies of costings and grant application forms; Ian Wilmut's handwritten notes from discussions and meetings; reports and data from experiments, some reprints and some briefing notes relating to the Nature paper 'Sheep cloned by nuclear transfer from a cultured cell line', K.H.S. Campbell, J. McWhir, W.A. Ritchie and I. Wilmut.
Administrative / Biographical History
This work relates to two major projects carried out by Ian Wilmut and team at Roslin Institute in collaboration with colleagues at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen and the Scottish Agricultural College. The project 'Manifestation of increased foetal size at birth' was funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and 'Factors affecting foetal size in ruminants' was funded by the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department.
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