Table 2.
Summary of Methylation Change Percentages of the Imprinted Genes in the Total Examined Tissues of Six Cloned Bovines
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Methylation changes (%) |
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| Cloned bovine individual | IGF2 | XIST | H19 | Total |
| NT-1 | 5/6a | 5/6 | 3/6 | 13/18 (72.2 %) |
| NT-2 | 5/6 | 0/6 | 4/6 | 9/18 (50.0 %) |
| NT-3 | 4/6 | 1/6 | 2/6 | 7/18 (38.9 %) |
| NT-4 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 1/6 | 5/18 (27.8 %) |
| NT-5 | 4/6 | 1/6 | 2/6 | 7/18 (38.9 %) |
| NT-6 | 1/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 1/18 (0.06 %) |
| Total | 21/36 (58.3 %) | 9/36 (25.0 %) | 12/36 (33.3 %) | 42/108 (38.9 %) |
a
Number of aberrant methylation patterns in a total of six examined tissues of each cloned bovine.