Table 2 Efficiency of derivation of PGCs and established PGC lines from four heritage populations of two Chinese breeds, Chahua and Piao (cryobanking)

From: PGC-based cryobanking, regeneration through germline chimera mating, and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated TYRP1 modification in indigenous Chinese chickens

Breed (Population)

Date of egg recept

No. of collected eggs

No. of fertilized eggs (%)

No. of embryonic blood samples collected

No. of established PGC lines (derivation efficiency %)

Total no. of expanded cells (average)

No. of culture days (average)

Survaival rate of cells at cryopreservation(average)

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Chahua (A)

2020-08-11

20

8

4

4

0

4 (100%)

4 (100%)

0

2.89 × 105

♂: 3.18 × 105

♀: 2.19 × 105

24.3

♂: 22.2,

♀: 29.3

90.6%

♂: 90.5%,

♀: 90.8%

2020-09-08

30

29

25

17

8

23 (92.0%)

17 (100%)

6 (75%)

2020-10-13

10

9

7

4

3

6 (85.7%)

4 (100%)

2 (67%)

2021-02-01

60

47

35

21

14

32 (91.4%)

21 (100%)

11 (79%)

Total

120

93 (77.5%)

71

46

25

65 (91.5%)

46 (100%)

19 (76.0%)

Chahua (C)

2020-08-11

20

5

4

2

2

4 (100%)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

2.93 × 105

♂: 3.04 × 105

♀: 2.63 × 105

25.7

♂: 24.2,

♀: 29.7

87.3%

♂: 87.3%,

♀: 87.1%

2020-09-08

30

29

26

15

11

23 (88.5%)

15 (100%)

8 (73%)

2020-10-13

10

10

8

7

1

8 (100%)

7 (100%)

1 (100%)

2021-03-29

60

57

39

24

15

24 (61.5%)

19 (79%)

5 (33%)

Total

120

101 (84.2%)

77

48

29

59 (76.6%)

43 (89.6%)

16 (55.2%)

Chahua (D)

2020-08-11

20

7

6

4

2

6 (100%)

4 (100%)

2 (100%)

3.3 × 105

♂: 3.7 × 105

♀: 2.4 × 105

25.5

♂: 24.7,

♀: 27.4

88.9%

♂: 89.2%,

♀: 88.1%

2020-09-08

30

29

17

9

8

17 (100%)

9 (100%)

8 (100%)

2020-10-13

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2021-06-22

60

60

40

26

14

29 (72.5%)

23 (88%)

6 (43%)

Total

120

96 (80%)

63

39

24

52 (82.5%)

36 (92.3%)

16 (66.7%)

Chahua (A, C, D)

Total

360

290 (80.5%)

211

133

78

176 (83.4%)

125 (94.0%)

51 (65.4%)

3.0 × 105

♂: 3.3 × 105

♀: 2.4 × 105

25.1

♂: 23.6,

♀: 28.8

89.0%

♂: 89.0%,

♀: 88.8%

Piao

2021-03-26

60

26

18

10

8

15 (83.3%)

9 (90%)

6 (75%)

2.1 × 105

♂: 2.5 × 105

♀: 1.8 × 105

29.3

♂: 25.4,

♀: 33.1

87.8%

♂: 90.5%, ♀: 85.3%

2021-04-05

60

35

31

14

17

24 (77.4%)

13 (93%)

11 (65%)

2021-09-01

60

18

14

6

8

13 (92.9%)

6 (100%)

7 (88%)

2021-09-23

38

22

19

5

14

16 (84.2%)

5 (100%)

11 (79%)

Total

218

101 (46.3%)

82

35

47

68 (82.9%)

33 (94.3%)

35 (74.5%)

Two breeds

Total ♂♀

578

391 (67.6%)

293

-

-

244 (83.3%)

-

-

2.8 × 105

26.3

88.60%

Total ♂

-

-

-

168

-

-

159 (94%)

-

3.1 × 105

24.0

89.30%

Total ♀

-

-

-

-

125

-

-

88 (68.8%)

2.2 × 105

30.6

87.40%

  1. Bold letters indicated the total numbers and ration for established PGC lines of males, females, and both male and females, respectively.