Patent ID: 7807361
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: A61B,C07K,C12Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for selectively breeding of cattle using a multiple ovulation and embryo transfer procedure (MOET), the method comprising superovulating a female animal, collecting eggs from superovulated female, in vitro fertilizing said eggs using semen from a suitable male animal, implanting fertilized eggs into other females allowing for an embryo to develop, and detecting single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in uterine milk protein (UTMP) coding sequence of the developing embryo by determining the identity of a nucleotide at position 1296 of the UTMP coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1) and comparing the identity to the nucleotide identity at a corresponding position of SEQ ID NO: 1, and terminating pregnancy if said developing embryo does not have guanine at position 1296 of the UTMP coding sequence.