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Genetic and epigenetic aspects of cloning and potential effects on offspring of cloned mammals
Authors:Smith Lawrence C  Murphy Bruce D
Institution:Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Animale, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada. smithl@medvet.umontreal.ca
Abstract:Although the biological mechanisms by which host cytoplasm and donor nuclei interact to produce a developmentally competent reconstructed embryo remain largely unknown, some advances have been made to our understanding of the genetic and epigenetic factors involved in the of reprogramming of the donor nucleus. Genetic alterations, which comprise changes to the genetic information in both the nuclear and cytoplasm compartments, are passed on to subsequent generations at fertilization and are a potential source of variation among cloned animals and their offspring. Apart from the major chromosomal anomalies found in developmentally arrested embryos and fetuses, less detrimental rearrangements and/or mutations are likely to go unnoticed in most donor cell karyotypes, suggesting that such problems could lead to inheritable anomalies among clones and their offspring. Mitochondrial DNA is also relevant to cloning because most animals inherit most or all of their mitochondria from the host oocyte. Epigenetic alterations to the DNA or to the histone packaging proteins are independent of gene sequences. Aberrant epigenetic events may lead to variable gene expression or mitosis and consequent effects on development and phenotype. Although much of the epigenetic marking is reset during embryogenesis and development, the impact of epimutations on progeny remains unexplored.
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