Animal Biotechnology

CONTENTS: 1 The ovarian cycle, oogenesis and their regulation 2 From spermatogenesis to pronucleus development 3 Quality of mammalian preimplantation embryos and its evaluation 4 In vitro embryo production 5 Cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos 6 Embryonic genome activation 7 Micromanipulation in mammalian embryology 8 Transgenesis 9 Derivation, culture and characterization of potential porcine and bovine embryonic stem cells 10 Ethics of animal breeding and biotechnology 11 The future of animal biotechnology in domestic animal production