Files relating to research on prolificacy and embryo survival in pigs, 1983-1994
Scope and Contents
Contains: Ian Wilmut's handwritten notes, data and notebooks relating to experiments, one titled 'Pigs Egg Stage Experiment'; draft typescript papers including 'An association between relative stage of development and embryo survival in pigs' by D.I. Sales, I. Wilmut and C.J. Ashworth (dated 13.01.1985) and 'Embryo development and embryo transfer in Meishan and Large White pigs' by I. Wilmut, C.S. Haley, C.J. Ashworth, R.P. Aitken and I. Wilmut; various Society for the Study of Fertility abstract forms.
Dates
- Creation: 1983-1994
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material with the following exceptions: Coll-1320/2/1/6-7, which are closed and cannot be produced. Some restricted material has been removed from Coll-1320/2/1/3 and Coll-1320/2/1/4. Researchers will need to fill out a Data Protection undertaking form in order to gain access to these files: Coll-1320/2/1/3-4, Coll-1320/2/1/5 and Coll-1320/2/1/8-9.
Biographical / Historical
One related project studied the genetic control of the prolificacy of Chinese Meishan pigs by measuring ovulation rate and litter size in Meishan, large white and cross-bred pigs, partly using embryo transfer techniques.The Chinese Meishan was used as it has a larger litter size than any Western breed, and was therefore potentially of value in Western breed improvement programmes as well as a means of identifying the mechanisms and genes responsible for prolifigacy.
Extent
4 Files
Creator
- From the Fonds: Wilmut, Ian, Sir, 1944-: (professor of reproductive science, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Repository Details
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