Provider: Ingenta Connect Database: Ingenta Connect Content: application/x-research-info-systems TY - ABST AU - Kagami, Hiroshi TI - Perspectives on avian stem cells for poultry breeding JO - Animal Science Journal PY - 2016-09-01T00:00:00/// VL - 87 IS - 9 SP - 1065 EP - 1075 KW - poultry breeding KW - primordial germ cells KW - stem cells KW - chicken N2 - Stem cells have prulipotency to differentiate into many types of cell lineages. Recent progress of avian biotechnology enabled us to analyze the developmental fate of the stem cells: embryonic stem cells / primordial germ cells (PGCs). The stem cells were identified in the central area of the area pellucida of the stage X blastoderms. These cells could be applied for production of germline chimeras and organ regeneration. Generation of medical substrate in transgenic chickens has considerable interests in pharmaceuticals. Sex alteration of the offspring should be enormously beneficial to the poultry industry. Fertilization of the sex‐reversed sperm could lead to sexual alteration of the offspring. These strategies using stem cells / PGCs should be one of the most powerful tools for future poultry breeding. UR - M3 - doi:10.1111/asj.12620 UR - ER -