Application of Whole Genome Amplification Technique for Genotype Analysis of Bovine Embryos

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest toward the use of bovine genotyped embryos for commercial embryo transfer programs. Biopsy of a few cells in morulla stage is essential for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Low amount of DNA have limited performing the several molecular analyses within PGD analyses. Whole genome amplification (WGA) promises to eliminate this problem. We evaluated the possibility and performance of an improved primer extension preamplification (I-PEP) method with a range of starting bovine genomic DNA from 1-8 cells into the WGA reaction. We optimized a short and simple I-PEP (ssI-PEP) procedure (~3h). This optimized WGA method was assessed by 6 loci specific polymerase chain reactions (PCRs), included restriction fragments length polymorphism (RFLP). Optimized WGA procedure possesses enough sensitivity for molecular genetic analyses through the few input cells. This is a new era for generating characterized bovine embryos in preimplantation stage.

Authors:

• S. Moghaddaszadeh-Ahrabi
• S. Farajnia
• Gh. Rahimi-Mianji
• A. Nejati-Javaremi

Keywords:

• Whole genome amplification (WGA)
• Genotyping
• Bovine
• Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)

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