Files relating to research on prolificacy and embryo survival in pigs
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-1320/2/1/1
- Dates of Creation:1983-1994
- Physical Description:4 Files
Scope and Content
Contains:Ian Wilmut's handwritten notes, data and notebooks relating to experiments, one titled 'Pigs Egg Stage Experiment';draft typescript papers including 'An association between relative stage of development and embryo survival in pigs' by D.I. Sales, I. Wilmut and C.J. Ashworth (dated 13.01.1985) and 'Embryo development and embryo transfer in Meishan and Large White pigs' by I. Wilmut, C.S. Haley, C.J. Ashworth, R.P. Aitken and I. Wilmut;various Society for the Study of Fertility abstract forms
Administrative / Biographical History
One related project studied the genetic control of the prolificacy of Chinese Meishan pigs by measuring ovulation rate and litter size in Meishan, large white and cross-bred pigs, partly using embryo transfer techniques.The Chinese Meishan was used as it has a larger litter size than any Western breed, and was therefore potentially of value in Western breed improvement programmes as well as a means of identifying the mechanisms and genes responsible for prolifigacy.
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