This laboratory gives firstly
basic knowledge about animal genetics and reproduction. Then you
can also get theories and application of animal reproduction and
genetic improvements. Concretely, we are investigating various
animal biotechnologies, gene analyses and localization of genes
on chromosomes.
The present researches
1) Development of embryos derived from in vitro fertilization
(IVF) in mice, swine, cattle and humans.
2) Normality of early embryos produced by various biotechnological
treatments.
3) Localization of genes on chromosomes.
4) Genetic variation of Japanese Shika Deer using genetical markers
as mutations in the mitochondrial DNA D-Loop region.
Professor Midori YOSHIZAWA
I have interest in fertilization induced by microinsemination
into an oocyte and chromosomal aberrations in mammalian embryos
including humans at the early stages, furthermore, I would like
to reveal relationship between normality and embryonic development
of embryos made by various advanced reproductive techniques (e.g.
in vitro fertilization, gene introduction and nuclear transfer).
I perform localization of genes on chromosomes by in situ hybridization
using technologies to get chromosome samples at any stage from
a zygote to a living organism.
Associate Professor Emiko FUKUI
I analyze the blood type (the
type of the enzyme in red blood cells and the serum proteins)
of livestock using electrophoretic migration to verify how each
phenotype inherits from parents to infants. And, I explore characteristic
of the blood type between the breeds. And, we analyze the genetic
structure and polymorphism of livestock and Japanese Shika Deer
by using RFLP or AFLP.
Associate Professor Hiromichi MATSUMOTO
I have been this university from this April.
Students
Doctor's course
Tomohiro Kawada
Carlos Manuel Ulloa Ulloa (from Honduras)
Kazuyoshi Takahashi
Abdol Hossein Rezaeian (from Iran)
Huon
Fai (from China)
Master's course
Tadashi Igarashi
Hasuchimorika
Haruga Kawaguchi
Yumiko Tajiri
Chaomulige
Hasi (from China)
Undergraduate
Nozomi Akita
Kenji Ezoe
Masami
Kubota
Miki Natori
Naoko Suzuki
Chiaki Sano
Ikue Takahashi
Invited Researcher
Wenguang Zhang (from China)
Researcher
Ajalli Rahim (from Iran)