Cross-species blastocyst chimerism between nonhuman primates using iPSCs
Morteza Roodgar, Fabian Patrik Suchy, Vivek K. Bajpai, José G. Vilches-Moure, Joydeep Bhadury, Angelos Oikonomopoulos, Joseph C. Wu, Joseph L. Mankowski, Kyle M. Loh, Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Catherine A. VandeVoort, Michael P. Snyder
This paper demonstrates that chimpanzee iPSCs can form cross-species chimeras with rhesus macaque embryos, suggesting functional similarity between human and chimpanzee cells.
bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2019 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology