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J. Anim Sci. 2007. 85:1634-1639. doi:10.2527/jas.2006-737
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ANIMAL GENETICS

Early embryonic survival and embryo development in two lines of rabbits divergently selected for uterine capacity1

R. Peiró2, M. A. Santacreu, Á. Climent and A. Blasco

Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, PO Box 22012, 46071 Valencia, Spain

2 Corresponding author: ropeibar{at}dca.upv.es

The aim of this work is to study early embryo survival and development in 2 lines divergently selected for high and low uterine capacity throughout 10 generations. A total of 162 female rabbits from the high line and 133 from the low line were slaughtered at 25, 48, or 62 h of gestation. There were no differences in ovulation rate and fertilization rate between lines in any of the 3 stages of gestation. Embryo survival, estimated as the number of normal embryos recovered at a constant ovulation rate, was similar in both lines at 25 and 48 h. Embryo survival was greater in the high line [D (posterior mean of the difference between the high and low lines) = 0.57 embryos] at 62 h of gestation. There was no difference in embryonic stage of development at 25 h, but at 48 and 62 h of gestation, the high line, compared with the low line, had a greater percentage of early morulae (83 vs. 72%) and compacted morulae (55 vs. 38%). Divergent selection for uterine capacity appeared to modify embryo development, at least from 48 h of gestation, and embryo survival from 62 h.

Key Words: uterine capacity • selection • early embryo survival • embryo development • rabbit






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