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dc.contributor.authorBeaton, Benjamineng
dc.contributor.authorO'Gorman, Chadeng
dc.contributor.authorHillard, Andreweng
dc.contributor.authorWells, Kevin D.eng
dc.contributor.corporatenameUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Researcheng
dc.contributor.meetingnameUndergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum (2008 : University of Missouri--Columbia)eng
dc.date2008eng
dc.date.issued2008eng
dc.descriptionAbstract only availableeng
dc.description.abstractAnimals produced from assisted reproductive technologies suffer from developmental abnormalities and early fetal death at a higher frequency than that observed in those produced by natural breeding. These symptoms are reminiscent of imprinting disruptions, suggesting the possibility of an alteration in the expression of imprinted genes such as biallelic expression or silencing. H19 is one of the imprinted genes first identified in mice and humans, but its imprinting status has not been determined in pigs. The objective of this study was to identify an H19 polymorphism and estimate its frequency in the commercial pig population. In this study a polymorphism in the H19 gene was identified. The PCR products contained a pooled genome with over 900 specimens to support this finding. From the positive PCR products, the DNA was cloned and transformed with a TOPO TA Cloning kit (Invitrogen). Positive colonies were identified and digested with an AciI enzyme, which cut the DNA in specific fragments that were identifiable in a gel. Analysis of the gel showed evidence that a polymorphism exists on the H19 gene.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipF.B. Miller Undergraduate Research Program in Animal Scienceseng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/1709eng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Researcheng
dc.relation.ispartof2008 Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum (MU)eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research. Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forumeng
dc.subjectimprinting disruptionseng
dc.subjectH19 polymorphismeng
dc.titleIdentification of H19 polymorphism for an assessment of biallelic expressioneng
dc.typePresentationeng


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