Patent ID: 8338098
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: A61D,C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for selectively breeding cattle using a multiple ovulation and embryo transfer procedure (MOET), the method comprising superovulating a female animal, collecting eggs from said superovulated female, in vitro fertilizing said eggs from a suitable male animal, implanting said fertilized eggs into other females allowing for an embryo to develop, and genotyping said developing embryo by i) obtaining a nucleic acid sample from a cell of the embryo, ii) determining the identity of the nucleotide of a position of the POU1F1 gene of the cell corresponding to position 10793 of SEQ ID NO:1, and iii) comparing the identity to the nucleotide to that of position 10793 of SEQ ID NO:1, and terminating pregnancy if said developing embryo does not have A at the position of the POU1F1 gene corresponding to position 10793 of SEQ ID NO:1.