Most projects are in porcine and bovine reproduction.
The CRRA consists of eight modern laboratories designed for biochemistry, tissue culture, molecular biology and radioisotope manipulation. The development of systems allowing for a better synchronization of donor cytoplasm with transferred nuclei has improved our cloning technique. Studies at the level of the ovary have resulted in a new follicular inhibin sassay method and the cloning of genes involved in follicular development and ovulation such as gonadotropin and prolactin receptor and prostaglandin synthetase 2 as well as bovine follistatin and bovine activin receptor genes. Also, cloning of sexual differentiation genes in the bull and the boar is underway. Numerous sequences have been deposited in Genbank and patents applications related to animal production have been submitted.