Blastoderm cells from chicken embryos of a donor breed (Green-legged Partridgelike; GP) were transferred to embryos of a recipient breed (White Leghorn; WL) to form chimeric progeny that, after inter se mating, permitted successful reconstitution of the donor breed. Among 23 chimeric chicks hatched from WL embryos injected with GP cells, 20 (87%) were raised until maturity, and progeny were tested by mating with GP birds to determine the ability of blastodermal cells to form germline chimeras. Six of the tested birds (30%) produced recipient-derived and donor-derived offspring, indicating that they were germline chimeras. The mean percentages of donor-derived germ cells in these birds were 21.1 (17.6 to 50.0%) and 16.9 (5.3 to 23.1%) in males and females, respectively. Among 477 chicks, resulting from mating the germline chimeric male with four germline chimeric females, 10 chicks (2.1%) exhibited a GP phenotype, indicating that the original donor stock had been reconstituted. Only one germline chimeric hen produced GP offspring, but the expected and calculated percentages of GP offspring were similar (2.99 and 2.08, respectively). Two methods of DNA analyses (RFLP and PCR amplification of polymorphic microsatellite loci) of chimeras and their offspring indicated that through mating of a relatively small number of chimeras it is possible to reconstitute a highly diverse population.
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