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Transcriptional and epigenetic control of cell fate decisions in early embryos (2017)
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Alberio, R. (2017). Transcriptional and epigenetic control of cell fate decisions in early embryos. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 30(1), https://doi.org/10.1071/RD17403

Mammalian embryo development is characterized by regulative mechanisms of lineage segregation and cell specification. A combination of carefully orchestrated gene expression networks, signalling pathways and epigenetic marks define specific developme... Read More about Transcriptional and epigenetic control of cell fate decisions in early embryos.

Principles of early human development and germ cell program from conserved model systems (2017)
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Kobayashi, T., Zhang, H., Tang, W., Irie, N., Withey, S., Klisch, D., …Surani, M. (2017). Principles of early human development and germ cell program from conserved model systems. Nature, 546, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22812

Human primordial germ cells (hPGCs), the precursors of sperm and eggs, originate during week 2-3 of early postimplantation development(1). Using in vitro models of hPGC induction(2-4), recent studies suggest striking mechanistic differences in specif... Read More about Principles of early human development and germ cell program from conserved model systems.

Epigenetics and developmental programming of welfare and production traits in farm animals (2016)
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Sinclair, K. D., Rutherford, K., Wallace, J., Brameld, J., Stöger, R., Alberio, R., …Dwyer, C. (in press). Epigenetics and developmental programming of welfare and production traits in farm animals. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 28(10), https://doi.org/10.1071/RD16102

The concept that postnatal health and development can be influenced by events that occur in utero originated from epidemiological studies in humans supported by numerous mechanistic (including epigenetic) studies in a variety of model species. Referr... Read More about Epigenetics and developmental programming of welfare and production traits in farm animals.

Primordial germ cells: the first cell lineage or the last cells standing? (2015)
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Johnson, A. D., & Alberio, R. (in press). Primordial germ cells: the first cell lineage or the last cells standing?. Development, 142, https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.113993

Embryos of many animal models express germ line determinants that suppress transcription and mediate early germ line commitment, which occurs before the somatic cell lineages are established. However, not all animals segregate their germ line in this... Read More about Primordial germ cells: the first cell lineage or the last cells standing?.

Actin depolymerization is associated with meiotic acceleration in cycloheximide-treated ovine oocytes (2015)
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German, S. D., Lee, J.-H., Campbell, K. H., Sweetman, D., & Alberio, R. (in press). Actin depolymerization is associated with meiotic acceleration in cycloheximide-treated ovine oocytes. Biology of Reproduction, 92(4), https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.122341

Oocytes treated with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (CHX) arrest at the germinal vesicle (GV) stage and undergo accelerated GV breakdown (GVBD) after CHX is removed. However, little is known about the underlying mechanism of accelerate... Read More about Actin depolymerization is associated with meiotic acceleration in cycloheximide-treated ovine oocytes.

Ovine induced pluripotent stem cells are resistant to reprogramming after nuclear transfer (2015)
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German, S. D., Campbell, K. H., Thornton, E., McLachlan, G., Sweetman, D., & Alberio, R. (2015). Ovine induced pluripotent stem cells are resistant to reprogramming after nuclear transfer. Cellular Reprogramming, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1089/cell.2014.0071

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) share similar characteristics of indefinite in vitro growth with embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and may therefore serve as a useful tool for the targeted genetic modification of farm animals via nuclear transfer (N... Read More about Ovine induced pluripotent stem cells are resistant to reprogramming after nuclear transfer.

Paracrine effects of embryo-derived FGF4 and BMP4 during pig trophoblast elongation (2014)
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Valdez Magaña, G., Rodríguez, A., Zhang, H., Webb, R., & Alberio, R. (2014). Paracrine effects of embryo-derived FGF4 and BMP4 during pig trophoblast elongation. Developmental Biology, 387(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.01.008

Modulation of pluripotency in the porcine embryo and iPS Cells (2012)
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Rodríguez, A., Allegrucci, C., & Alberio, R. (2012). Modulation of pluripotency in the porcine embryo and iPS Cells. PLoS ONE, 7(11), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049079

The establishment of the pluripotent ICM during early mammalian development is characterized by the differential expression of the transcription factors NANOG and GATA4/6, indicative of the epiblast and hypoblast, respectively. Differences in the mec... Read More about Modulation of pluripotency in the porcine embryo and iPS Cells.

Differential acetylation of histone H4 lysine during development of in vitro fertilized, cloned and parthenogenetically activated bovine embryos (2008)
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Maalouf, W. E., Alberio, R., & Campbell, K. H. (2008). Differential acetylation of histone H4 lysine during development of in vitro fertilized, cloned and parthenogenetically activated bovine embryos. Epigenetics, 3(4), 199-209. https://doi.org/10.4161/epi.3.4.6497

The oocyte is remarkable in its ability to remodel parental genomes following fertilization and to reprogram somatic nuclei after nuclear transfer (NT). To characterize the patterns of histone H4 acetylation and DNA methylation during development of... Read More about Differential acetylation of histone H4 lysine during development of in vitro fertilized, cloned and parthenogenetically activated bovine embryos.

Cloning: Eight years after Dolly (2005)
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Campbell, K. H., Alberio, R., Choi, I., Fisher, P., Kelly, R. D., Lee, J. H., & Maalouf, W. (2005). Cloning: Eight years after Dolly. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 40(4), 256-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0531.2005.00591.x

It is now 8 years since the birth of Dolly, the first animal produced by nuclear transfer using a donor cell population established from an adult animal. During this time, the technique of nuclear transfer has been successfully applied to a range of... Read More about Cloning: Eight years after Dolly.