Stable transformation of a population and a method of biocontainment using haploinsufficiency and underdominance principles

    公开(公告)号:US12031139B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US16538602

    申请日:2019-08-12

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the competitive fitness of an organism hemizygous for a transgenic locus compared to the organism homozygous for the transgenic locus comprising the steps of: (a) reducing the expression of a haploinsufficient gene in the organism, wherein said reduction is conveyed by a transgenic locus in the organism; and (b) rescuing the reduced expression in the organism, wherein said rescue is conveyed by the same transgenic locus in the organism, yielding an organism which is less competitively fit if hemizygous for the transgenic locus than if homozygous for the transgenic locus. The present invention also relates to a method for decreasing the introgression of a transgenic locus in an organism into a population of otherwise interfertile sexually reproducing organisms comprising the steps of: (a) reducing the expression of a haploinsufficient gene in the organism, wherein said reduction is conveyed by a transgenic locus in the organism; (b) rescuing the reduced expression in the organism, wherein said rescue is conveyed by the same transgenic locus in the organism, and (c) using a transgenic organism obtained in step (b) in an environment comprising otherwise interfertile sexually reproducing wildtype individuals of the organism, wherein the competitive fitness of hemizygous progeny is reduced, thereby decreasing the rate of sexually reproduction and/or viability and/or the competitive fitness of hemizygous progeny. Further envisaged are corresponding genetic systems and genetically modified organisms.

    MODERATION OF CRUSTACEAN ANDROGENIC GLAND PEPTIDE FOR MONO SEX CULTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20160066549A9

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-10

    申请号:US14506690

    申请日:2014-10-06

    Applicant: Siu Ming CHAN

    Inventor: Siu Ming CHAN

    Abstract: This invention is directed to methods for manipulating sex, reversing sex, changing sex ratio, or moderating crustacean androgenic gland peptide expression in crustaceans for producing a monosex culture. In one embodiment, the present method comprises the step of injecting a dsRNA for the gene of IAG into a male crustacean. In another embodiment, the present method comprises the step of injecting a dsRNA for the gene of IAG into a female crustacean that had acquired a spermatophore (a sperm sac) after mating with a male. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method of producing a monosex culture of crustacean by introducing a recombinant IAG peptide into the female crustacean, thereby obtains male with altered sexual characteristics for mating with a normal female. In one embodiment, the crustacean is a shrimp or lobster.

    MATERNALLY INDUCED STERILITY IN ANIMALS
    10.
    发明申请
    MATERNALLY INDUCED STERILITY IN ANIMALS 审中-公开
    动物中诱发的绝育性

    公开(公告)号:US20160050894A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-25

    申请号:US14928463

    申请日:2015-10-30

    Abstract: The present invention provides Maternal Sterility Constructs (MSC) and methods of producing sterile progeny lacking germ cells. Female fish carrying the MSC transgene will give rise to a sterile generation, as the MSC specifically eliminates Progenitor Germ Cells (PGCs) of her progeny. These females are called lineage ending females. Male fish carrying the MSC transgene, however, give rise to fertile progeny (assuming the male is not derived from an MSC-transgenic female). Thus, MSC transgenic males can be used to propagate the transgenic line. The invention can be advantageously applied to provide effective population control and improve culture performance of farmed species, such as fish.

    Abstract translation: 本发明提供产妇无菌构建体(MSC)以及生产缺乏生殖细胞的无菌后代的方法。 携带MSC转基因的雌性鱼将产生无菌的产生,因为MSC特异性地消除了其后代的祖细胞(PGCs)。 这些女性被称为流血女性。 然而,携带MSC转基因的雄性鱼产生可育后代(假设雄性不是源于MSC转基因雌性)。 因此,MSC转基因雄性可以用于繁殖转基因品系。 本发明可有利地应用于提供有效的群体控制并改善养殖物种如鱼类的培养性能。

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