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( 12 ) Patent Application Publication ( 10 ) Pub . No . : US 2019 / 0029236 A1 US 20190029236A1 ( 19) United States (12 ) Patent Application Publication (10 ) Pub. No. : US 2019 /0029236 A1 OFFEN ( 43 ) Pub . Date : Jan . 31 , 2019 ( 54 ) METHODS FOR GENDER DETERMINATION C12Q 1/ 6879 (2006 .01 ) OF AVIAN EMBRYOS IN UNHATCHED C12N 15 /90 ( 2006 . 01 ) EGGS AND MEANS THEREOF C12N 9 /02 ( 2006 .01 ) (52 ) U . S . CI. ( 71) Applicant: EGGXYT LTD , Jerusalem (IL ) CPC .. A01K 67 / 0275 (2013 .01 ) ; C12N 15 / 102 ( 2013 .01 ) ; C120 1 /6879 ( 2013 . 01 ) ; A01K ( 72 ) Inventor: Daniel OFFEN , Kfar HaRoe ( IL ) 2227/ 30 ( 2013 .01 ) ; C12N 9 /0069 ( 2013. 01 ) ; A01K 2217 /07 ( 2013 .01 ) ; C12N 15 / 907 ( 21 ) Appl. No. : 15 /996 ,045 ( 2013 .01 ) (22 ) Filed : Jun . 1 , 2018 Related U . S . Application Data (57 ) ABSTRACT (63 ) Continuation - in - part of application No . PCT / IL2016 / The present invention relates to methods of gender deter 051291 , filed on Dec . 1 , 2016 . mination and identification in avian subjects . More specifi ( 60 ) Provisional application No . 62/ 262 ,409 , filed on Dec . cally , the invention provides non - invasive methods using 3 , 2015 . transgenic avian animals that comprise at least one reporter gene integrated into at least one gender chromosome Zor W . Publication Classification The transgenic avian animals of the invention are used for (51 ) Int . Ci. gender determination and selection of embryos in unhatched A01K 677027 ( 2006 . 01 ) avian eggs . C12N 15 / 10 ( 2006 .01 ) Specification includes a Sequence Listing . KYYYYYYYYYY Patent Application Publication Jan . 31 , 2019 Sheet 1 of 3 US 2019 / 0029236 A1 ** BALISERE* SSSSSSS Fig . 1A TXXXXXXXXXA Fig . 1B Fig . 2A Patent Application Publication Jan . 31 , 2019 Sheet 2 of 3 US 2019 / 0029236 A1 Fig . 2B WWW Fig . 3A Fig . 3B Patent Application Publication Jan . 31 , 2019 Sheet 3 of 3 US 2019 / 0029236 A1 Male Female - Fig . 4 Female ve . * NO GMO Fig . 5 US 2019 /0029236 A1 Jan . 31, 2019 METHODS FOR GENDER DETERMINATION bread for meat and the weak or unhealthy females are being OF AVIAN EMBRYOS IN UNHATCHED terminated as well . A method for in - ovo , or embryo sex EGGS AND MEANS THEREOF determination prior to hatching is thus highly desired due to both ethical and economic considerations. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [ 0021] Specifically , visually identifying poultry fertile [ 0001] The present invention relates to methods of gender eggs is important to allow removal of unfertile eggs to save determination and identification in avian subjects . More hatching costs ( by prevention of hatching an unfertile egg ) , specifically , the invention provides non - invasive methods and to lower the bio - security risks involved in the continu and transgenic avian animals for gender determination and ation of the incubation of these contamination -prone unfer selection of embryos in unhatched avian eggs . tile eggs alongside the fertile eggs . [ 0022 ] Visually identifying egg fertility at an early stage of BACKGROUND ART the embryo , while inside the unhatched egg , involves outer [0002 ] References considered to be relevant as back light source candling and can be difficult, virtually impos ground to the presently disclosed subject matter are listed sible in early embryonic stages. An even greater challenge is below : to identify the sex of embryos , and currently there is no [0003 ] WO 2010 / 103111 available method for the discrimination between males and 10004 ] WO 2014 /0296707 females in unhatched eggs that are found fertile . However, 0005 ] U . S . Pat . No . 6 , 244 ,214 identification of fertility at an early embryonic stage and the 10006 ] WO 06124456A2 sex determination of poultry are vital for aviculture, scien 10007 ] US2014069336A tific research , and conservation . The determination of sex in [0008 ] W016005539 young birds by morphological features is extremely chal 0009 ] WO 96 / 39505 lenging for most species. The gender may be determined by [0010 ] WO 97 / 49806 individual vent sexing which involves manually squeezing [ 0011 ] Quansah , E ., Long , J . A ., Donovan , D . M . , Becker, the feces out of the chick , which opens up the chicks ' anal S . C ., Telugu , B ., Foster Frey , J . A ., Urwin , N . 2014 . vent slightly , allowing to see if the chick has a small Sperm -mediated transgenesis in chicken using a Piggy “ bump ” , which would indicate that the chick is a male . Bac transposon system . Poultry Science Association However , this method represents high risk of bird injury and Meeting Abstract . BARC Poster Day . mistakes in sex determination , together with cumbersome [ 0012 ] Jinek , M ., Chylinski, K . , Fonfara , I ., Hauer , M . , work conducted manually by trained personal. Doudna, J . A ., & Charpentier , E . ( 2012 ) . A programmable [0023 ] Vent sexing or chick sexing is the method of dual- RNA - guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacte distinguishing the sex of chicken and other hatchlings, rial immunity Science , 337 (6096 ) , 816 -821 . usually by a trained person called a chick sexer or chicken [ 0013 ] Cong , L . , & Zhang , F . (2015 ) . Genome engineering sexer. Chicken sexing is practiced mostly by large commer using CRISPR - Cas9 system . Chromosomal Mutagenesis , cial hatcheries, who have to know the difference between the 197 -217 . sexes in order to separate them into sex groups, and in order [0014 ] Véron N . , Qu Z ., Kipen P A . , Hirst C E ., Marcelle to take them into different programs, which can include the C . ( 2015 ) . CRISPR mediated somatic cell genome engi growing of one group and culling of the other group because neering in the chicken . Dev . Biol. 407 ( 1 ) :68 - 74 . doi : due to being a sex which does not meet the commercial 10 . 1016 / j. ydbio . 2015. 08 . 007 . Epub 2015 Aug 13 . needs . ( In example , a male hatched from an egg that comes [0015 ] CA2264450 . from an egg layer commercial line of breed . That male will [ 0016 ] Niu , Y ., B . Shen , Y . Cui, Y . Chen , J . Wang et al ., not have a good meat yield and will not lay eggs ; therefore (2014 ) . Generation of genemodified cynomolgus monkey it will be culled after sexing . After the sexing , the relevant via cash/ rna -mediated gene targeting in one - cell embryos . sex will continue its course to serve his or her purpose while Cell , 156 ( 4 ): 836 -843 . the other sex or most of it will be culled within days of [0017 ] Hwang , W . Y ., Y . Fu , D . Reyon , M . L . Maeder , S . hatching being irrelevant to egg production . Q . Tsai et al. , ( 2013 ) . Efficient genome editing in zebrafish 10024 ] In farms that produce eggs , males are unwanted , using a CRISPR - Cas system . Nat. Biotechnol. 31 ( 3 ) : and chicks of an unwanted sex are killed almost immediately 227 - 229. to reduce costs to the breeder. Chicks are moved down a [ 0018 ] Nadège , V . , Q . Zhengdong , P . A . S . Kipen , C . E . conveyer belt , where chick sexers separate out the males and Hirst , M . Christophe et al. , ( 2015 ) . CRISPR mediated toss them into a chute where they are usually ground up alive somatic cell genome engineering in the chicken . Dev. in a meat grinder. Biol. 407 ( 1 ) : 68 -74 . [0025 ] Identification and determination of the fertility of [ 0019 ] Bai, Y ., L . He, P . Li, K . Xu , S . Shao et al. , (2016 ) . an egg and the sex of the embryos in eggs prior to their Efficient genome editing in chicken DF - 1 cells using the hatching , will enable the elimination of unfertile eggs, and CRISPR /Cas9 system . G3 (Bethesda ) pii : g3 . 116 .027706 . the unwanted type of embryos while in their eggs, and thus Acknowledgement of the above references herein is not to will immensely reduce incubation costs (which includes the be inferred as meaning that these are in any way relevant to energy and efficiency costs alongside with air pollution and the patentability of the presently disclosed subject matter . energy consumption ) . In addition , chicks ' suffering will cease and pollution from culling will be prevented . An BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION automated sexing device will additionally result in reduced [0020 ] In the food industry , chicks are culled by billions eggs production costs by eliminating the need for chick on a daily basis via suffocation or grinding . The males are sexers , as well as reduce the size of the hatcheries needed terminated since they are not useful for laying eggs or to be since at early stage 50 % of the eggs will be reduced US 2019 /0029236 A1 Jan . 31, 2019 deducted from the process, thus reducing the costs of SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION hatching these eggs , and later on the need for any elaborate killing procedures . [0037 ] A first aspect of the invention relates to a method [0026 ] In all commercial types of birds intended for breed of gender determination of avian , or avian embryo in an ing , laying , or meat production , there is a need to determine unhatched egg , specifically, a fertilized unhatched egg . In fertility and the sex of the embryo . There are great economic some specific embodiments , the method may comprise the returns; in energy saving , biosecurity risk reduction , garbage step of: disposal, sexing labor costs and sexing errors , culling costs [0038 ] First , in step ( a ), providing or obtaining at least one and disposal, and animal welfare . transgenic avian subject or animal comprising at least one 10027 ] WO 2010 / 103111 describes an invasive method exogenous reporter gene integrated into at least one position comprising a series of steps, among them introducing into or location ( also referred to herein as locus ) in at least one the egg a labeled antibody , specifically designed to match a of gender chromosome Z and W . In a second step ( b ) sex - specific antigen on the embryo . obtaining at least one fertilized egg from the transgenic [0028 ] WO 2014 /0296707 describes luminance composi avian subject, specifically animal or of any cells thereof. tion designed to serve as a biomarker for quantifying or [0039 ] The next step ( c ) involves determining in the egg if evaluating efficiency of vaccination being injected into the at least one detectable signal is detected .
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