This page contains materials used for ANSC229/300 in the fall semester of 2000. You may find most of them still useful, however, all materials used for this semester (spring 2002) could be found

 here.

ANSC 229. Animal Embryology and Biotechnology (Fall 2000)

ANSC 300. Frontiers in Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology (Fall 2000)

• Introduction and overview of animal biotechnology Yang
• Folliculogenesis, oogenesis, embryogenesis Yang
• Genetic micromanipulations of embryos I: gene transfer Yang
• DNA identifications of transgenic and cloned animals Tian
• Gene therapy - state of the art Wang
• Telomere, telomerase and gene reprogramming (age of cloned animals) Xu
• Functional genomics in humans and animals - state of the art Yonash
• Gene cloning and sequencing - state of the art Du
• Sperm and embryo sexing Yang
• Transgenic animals as organ donors (xenotransplantation) Fodor
• Human Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Vernon
• Transgenic Fish Lin
• Review for exam III Xu (80% of exam will be from the review. Read notes and handouts carefully)
• transgenic: plant review
• Filed Trip: meet in front of ABL building at 2:30 on Nov. 28th and 30th!
• X chromosome inactivation
• genetic imprinting
• fertilization
• final exam review (30 multi choices. 5 essay questions. 2x30+8x5=100)

My email: jxu@canr.uconn.edu

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