Production of fertile XY female animals from XY ES cells
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1. A method for making and breeding a fertile female XY mouse in an F0 generation, comprising:
- (a) maintaining a donor XY mouse ES cell in a medium comprising;
(i) a base medium; and
(ii) supplements suitable for growing the mouse ES cells in culture and maintaining pluripotency,wherein the donor XY mouse ES cell does not comprise a Tdy-negative sex reversal genetic modification, and wherein the base medium comprises sodium bicarbonate in a concentration of about 1.5-2.2 mg/mL, comprises sodium chloride, and has an osmolality of about 218-322 mOsm/kg;
(b) introducing a donor XY mouse ES cell from step (a) into a pre-morula stage host mouse embryo;
(c) introducing the host mouse embryo of step (b) into a recipient female mouse and gestating the host mouse embryo;
(d) obtaining an F0 XY mouse progeny comprising an F0 XY phenotypically female mouse, wherein upon attaining sexual maturity the F0 XY female mouse is fertile; and
(e) breeding the F0 XY fertile female mouse to produce progeny.
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Methods and compositions are described for making phenotypically female fertile animals from XY donor cells and suitable host embryos. Culture media and methods are provided for maintaining XY donor cells in culture that after introduction into a host embryo and gestation in a suitable host will result in fertile XY female animals. Methods and compositions are described for making fertile female animals in an F0 generation from a donor XY cell and a host embryo, as are methods for making F1 progeny that are homozygous for a modification from a heterozygous F0 fertile male and a heterozygous F0 fertile female sibling.
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1. A method for making and breeding a fertile female XY mouse in an F0 generation, comprising:
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(a) maintaining a donor XY mouse ES cell in a medium comprising; (i) a base medium; and (ii) supplements suitable for growing the mouse ES cells in culture and maintaining pluripotency, wherein the donor XY mouse ES cell does not comprise a Tdy-negative sex reversal genetic modification, and wherein the base medium comprises sodium bicarbonate in a concentration of about 1.5-2.2 mg/mL, comprises sodium chloride, and has an osmolality of about 218-322 mOsm/kg; (b) introducing a donor XY mouse ES cell from step (a) into a pre-morula stage host mouse embryo; (c) introducing the host mouse embryo of step (b) into a recipient female mouse and gestating the host mouse embryo; (d) obtaining an F0 XY mouse progeny comprising an F0 XY phenotypically female mouse, wherein upon attaining sexual maturity the F0 XY female mouse is fertile; and (e) breeding the F0 XY fertile female mouse to produce progeny. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for making and breeding a fertile female XY mouse in an F0 generation, comprising:
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(a) maintaining a donor XY mouse ES cell in a medium comprising; (i) a base medium; and (ii) supplements suitable for growing the mouse ES cells in culture and maintaining pluripotency, wherein the donor XY mouse ES cell does not comprise a Tdy-negative sex reversal genetic modification, and wherein the base medium comprises sodium bicarbonate in a concentration of about 17-30 mM and sodium chloride in a concentration of about 50-110 mM, and has an osmolality of about 218-322 mOsm/kg; (b) introducing a donor XY mouse ES cell from step (a) into a pre-morula stage host mouse embryo; (c) introducing the host mouse embryo of step (b) into a recipient female mouse and gestating the host mouse embryo; (d) obtaining an F0 XY mouse progeny comprising an F0 XY phenotypically female mouse, wherein upon attaining sexual maturity the F0 XY female mouse is fertile; and (e) breeding the F0 XY fertile female mouse to produce progeny. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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