Abstract: The invention includes a method of identifying high genomic value, non-human mammalian embryos that would otherwise be disposed of or frozen based on their morphology. The method generally involves establishing a stem cell culture from the non-human mammalian embryo, which entails generating a population of embryos in vitro or in vivo, assessing the morphology of each of the embryos in the population, selecting a subpopulation of embryos for embryo transfer based on the morphological assessment, thereby establishing a group of selected embryos and a group of unselected embryos in the population, and establishing a stem cell culture from an embryo in the group of unselected embryos.

Abstract: The invention consists of methods and compositions for detecting the presence or absence of a DNA aberration by analyzing fluorescence emission characteristics in sperm cells or sperm nuclei, which generally consists of entraining sperm cells or sperm nuclei stained with a DNA selective dye in sheath fluid; exposing the entrained sperm cells or sperm nuclei to electromagnetic radiation; determining a forward fluorescence characteristic and a side fluorescence characteristic of individual events associated with the exposed sperm cells or sperm nuclei; and gating the individual events based on the forward fluorescence characteristic and the side fluorescence characteristic with a criterion.

Abstract: The invention encompasses methods of selecting an animal or plant, and producing progeny from the animal or plant, using segmented phased genotypes.

Abstract: The invention encompasses methods for increasing genetic progress in livestock including the use of genomic evaluation of embryonic or fetal DNA obtained from allantoic fluid or cells therein.

Abstract: The invention encompasses methods of increasing the rate of genetic progress or generating inbred lines in a non-human mammalian species comprising the use of nuclear transfer eggs or gametes derived from embryos of the non-human mammalian species.