• Korean Journal of Animal Reproduction
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.287-292
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• 2001

Selection of oocyte cryopreseivation method is a prerequisite factor for developing an effective bank system. To develop an effective vitrification method, we examined whether damages in spindle and chromosome morphology induced by vitrification. Intact cumulus-enclosed oocytes were vitrified with DPBS with 5.5 M ethylene glycol and 1.0 M sucrose, and loaded onto eletron microscopic copper grid for storing in liquid nitrogen. Intact vitrified and thawed oocytes were immunostaining for tubulin and karyotying for chromosome. Vitrfied and thawed oocytes had a higher rate of chromosome (32.8% vs. 19.6%) and spindle (32.3% vs. 20.2%) abnormalities compared with fresh oocytes. Mouse oocytes after vitrification at the mature stage showed increased incidence of chromosomal and spindle abnormalities.

• Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.275-280
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• 1990

Comosomal polymorphism involving constitutive heterochromatin has been reported in mu, pigs, mouse, horse, chicken and so on. The chromosomal polymorphism of Japanese quail which includes constitutive heterochromatin as well the chromosomes without banding treatment has now been found. Through the use of a general technique that permits visualization of chromosome morphology and heterochromatin, three chromosomal variants have been found among birds ； ＋/＋ homozygous from, ＋/－ heterozygous form and －/－ homozygous form in chromosome 4. This variants appear to be common in the randombred population and stably inherited in a Mendelian fashion. These results suggest that the variants would be useful as chromosomal markers for various types of cytogenetic studies.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.27.1-27.9
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• 2019

Supernumerary B chromosomes were found in Lilium amabile (2n = 2x = 24), an endemic Korean lily that grows in the wild throughout the Korean Peninsula. The extra B chromosomes do not affect the host-plant morphology; therefore, whole transcriptome analysis was performed in 0B and 1B plants to identify differentially expressed genes. A total of 154,810 transcripts were obtained from over 10 Gbp data by de novo assembly. By mapping the raw reads to the de novo transcripts, we identified 7,852 differentially expressed genes (log₂FC > |10|), in which 4,059 and 3,794 were up-and down-regulated, respectively, in 1B plants compared to 0B plants. Functional enrichment analysis revealed that various differentially expressed genes were involved in cellular processes including the cell cycle, chromosome breakage and repair, and microtubule formation; all of which may be related to the occurrence and maintenance of B chromosomes. Our data provide insight into transcriptomic changes and evolution of plant B chromosomes and deliver an informative database for future study of B chromosome transcriptomes in the Korean lily.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.291-296
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• 2011

The karyotype of the domestic dog is widely accepted as one of the difficult mammalian karyotypes to work. In contrast to many other animals, knowledge about the canine karyotype is quite sparse. The dog has a total of 78 chromosomes; all 76 autosomes are acrocentric in morphology and show only a gradual decrease in length. But appear to be quite small and difficult to identify unambiguously. To purchased standardization of chromosome in Korea native dog, there were analyzed by conventional trypsin/Giemsa staining (GTG-banding techniques), and were compared with 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 17 chromosome. There were no variations in karyotypes which were analyzed by conventional GTG-banding techniques, but differences were observed in G-banding patterns with Sapsaree, Jindo, Gyeongju DongGyeong dogs, Welshi-Corgi. It is not clear that these disagreements in G-banding patterns between strains of dog were caused by chromosome polymorphism or a difference in interpretation. Comparative analysis of the distribution patterns of conserved segments defined by dog paints in the genomes of the Korea native dogs demonstrates that their differences in the karyotypes of these three species could have resulted from acrocentric banding patterns.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.154-158
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• 1987

As a series of systematic classification of paramphistomes, the worms in the rumen and reticulum were collected on 214 Korean cattle slaughtered at Jeonju abattoir from January, 1986 to April, 1987 and were classified by means of morphology. Afterwards, the karyotype of Paramphistomum cervi(Zeder, 1790) was detected by means of modified air.drying method from germ cells of the worms. The results were summarized as follows: 1. In the chromosome number of 254 p. cervi, the haploid cell was n:9 and the diploid 2n=18. The meiotic divisions were observed frequently; 1,924 haploid and 32 diploid cells were reliable. Nine pairs of mitotic chromosomes were homologous in the metaphase stage, and the chromosomes were composed of five medium-sized metacentrics (m) , subtelocentrics(st) or submetacentrics(sm) and four small-siRed subtelocentrics(st) or submetacentrics(sm). Meiotic metaphase was composed of five medium and four small chromosomes in size. 2. As a series of C-banding method, C-band was showed in centromeric region from all of the haploid germ cells. Whereas chromosome No. 3 and 5 included heterochromatin on the tip region, chromosome No. 4 on the distal region and No. 6 proximal region. And chromosomes No. 2 and 8 showed a remarkable C-band distinguished from other chromosomes.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.19-24
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• 1970

A comparative study on 'Dang-gui' and 'Kang-whal' the two species of Angelica growing in Korea was carried out about the morphology and cytology. The somatic chromosome number of Cham dang-gui, Ill dang-gui, Badi-namul was found to be 2N=22. The somatic chromosome number of Kang-whal was found to be 2N=110, that of Chili kang-whal to be 2N=44, that of Mul kang-whal to be 2N=22. Stoma of species of Dang-gui were same in size. Those of Chili kang-whal and Kang-whal were strikingly larger than the other. Chili kang-whal and Kang-whal were verified to be polyploid in the genus Angelica.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.287-292
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• 1998

The objective of this study was to confirm whether the vitrification method using EFS35 has detrimental effect for cytoskeleton and chromosome constitution of the mouse oocytes by indirect immunocytochemistry and chromosome analysis. Mouse oocytes were vitrified using EFS35 which consisted of 35% ethylene glycol, 18% ficoll, 0.3 M sucrose and 10% FBS in M2 medium. The results obtained in this experiment were summarized as follows: When the survival rates after being exposed or vitrified in EFS35 were examined, there were not different between two groups (97.7 and 89.3%). Also, when the microtubule morphology and microfilament distribution in vitrified oocytes were examined, normal percentage of two cytoskeleton in vitrified group (95.5 and 100%) was not different from that in control (97.5 and 100%) and exposed group (92.3 and 100%). In addition, the rate of oocytes containing a normal chromosome number in vitrified group (73.5%) after IVF was not different from that in control (79.5%) and exposed group (78.7%). These results indicated that the cytoskeletal morphology and chromosome constitution of mouse oocytes were not affected by cryoprotectant (EFS35) or freezing apd that vitrification methods using EFS35 was suitable for cryopreservation of mouse oocytes.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.83-92
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• 2015

xBrassicoraphanus line BB#5, a new synthetic intergeneric hybrid between Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis and Raphanus sativus L. var. rafiphera induced by N-methyl-N-nitroso-urethane mutagenesis in microspore culture, shows high seed fertility and morphological uniformity. Dual-color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using 5S and 45S rDNA probes and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) using B. rapa genomic DNA probe were carried out to analyze the chromosome composition and the meiosis pairing pattern compared to its parental lines. The somatic chromosome complement is 2n = 38, which consists of 17 metacentric and two submetacentric chromosomes with lengths of 2.18 to $5.01{\mu}m$. FISH karyotype analysis showed five and eight pairs of 5S and 45S rDNA loci. GISH meiosis pairing analysis showed that 19 complete bivalents were most frequent and accounted for 42% of the 100 pollen mother cells examined. Based on chromosome number, size, morphology, rDNA distribution, and meiosis pairing pattern, both parental genomes of B. rapa and R. sativus appear to exist in xBrassicoraphanus line BB#5, demonstrating its genome integrity. Such stable chromosome constitutions and meiotic pairing patterns in somatic and meiotic cells are very rare in natural and synthetic intergeneric hybrids. Chromosomal studies and genetic and phenotypic changes in allopolyploids a re discussed. The results p resented h erein will b e usef ul f or f urther g enomic s tudy o f xBrassicoraphanus lines and their improvement as promising new breeding varieties.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• v.51 no.5
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• pp.361-368
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• 2009

This study was carried out to establish the standard karyotype of Jeju horse by G-, C- and AgNOR-banding patterns. Blood samples were collected from 37 Jeju horses and 24 Thoroughbred that had been raised at the National Institute of Subtropical Agriculture in Jeju. The lymphocytes were cultured in vitro and then chromosomes prepared. The diploid chromosome number of Jeju horse is 64, which consists of 31 pairs of autosomes and X, Y sex chromosomes. The Jeju horse has 13 pairs of metacentric/submetacentric and 18 pairs of acrocentric autosomes. The X chromosome is the fifth largest submetacentric, while the Y chromosome is one of the smallest acrocentric chromosomes. The G-banding pattern of Jeju horse chromosomes showed a light band at centromeres in all autosomes, and also exhibited a typical and identical banding pattern in each homologous chromosome. Overall chromosomal morphology and positions of typical landmarks of the Jeju horse were virtually identical to those of International Committee for the Standardization of the Domestic Horse Karyotype. C-bands of Jeju horse chromosomes appeared on centromeres of almost all autosomes, but chromosome 8 showed a heterochromatin heteromorphism. The NORs in Jeju horse chromosomes showed polymorphic patterns within breed, individuals and cells. By the AgNOR staining, the NORs were located at the terminal of p-arm on chromosome 1 and near centromeres on the chromosome 26 and 31. The mean number of NORs per metaphase was 4.68 in Jeju horse.

• Development and Reproduction
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.169-175
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• 2012

Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by intellectual disability and autism. The genetic cause is the absence of UBE3A, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, from the maternal chromosome which can arise from multiple origins. Recently discovered targets of Ube3a are important for activity dependent changes in synaptic transmission and spine morphology. Plasticity studies in an AS mouse model is important for basic plasticity research with regard to understanding protein homeostasis as well as the search for therapeutic targets for the patients. The progress on synaptic plasticity from this unique disorder is reviewed.