- Core Center：Avian Bioscience Research Center, Nagoya University
- Principal Investigator：Kenichi Nishijima
- FAX：+81-52-789-4114
- Sub-Core Center 1：Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University
概要Overview
Among the approximately 9,600 bird species in existence, chickens and quails are most widely used in various research fields. For example, chickens are often used in embryology because their embryos are easy to manipulate for live-tracing of developmental processes. Although commercially available chickens and quails with extremely high heterogeneity are most commonly used in research today, use of the NBRP’s genetically controlled strains, such as inbred strains, will improve the reproducibility of experimental results.
Stock
・Standard strains, mutant/disease model strains: 39 chicken strains, 23 quail strains
・Genetically modified strains:2 chicken strains, 1 quail strain (to be expanded)
The above strains can be supplied in the form of fertilized eggs,blood, genomic DNA, live animals (chicks, adults) and more.
・Primordial germ cell lines (including genetically manipulated lines): available from 2022
Subjects in the NBRP programs “Genome information upgrading program” and “Fundamental technology upgrading program” related to “Chicken / Quail”
【 Fundamental technology upgrading program 】
| FY2018-FY2019 | Development of cryopreservation methods of chicken PGCs (in Japanese) |
| Sophistication of the cryopreservation of avian germ cells (in Japanese) |