2:00 PM 89. MATURATION AND FERTILIZATION OF PIG ENUCLEOLATED OOCYTES. Ogushi, Sugako^{1, 2}, Palmieri, Chiara³, Miyano, Takashi², Fulka Jr., Josef¹, ¹ Research Institute of Animal Production, Prague, Czech Republic² Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan³ University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy

2:15 PM 90. REGULATION OF NANOG GENE EXPRESSION BY DNA METHYLATION AND HISTONE MODIFICATION. Hattori, Naoko¹, Imao, Yuko¹, Nishino, Koichiro², Hattori, Naka¹, Tanaka, Satoshi¹, Shiota, Kunio¹, ¹ The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan² Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

2:30 PM 91. EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS OF IMPRINTED GENES IN BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY IN VIVO, IN VITRO, AND SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER. Suzuki, Joao¹, Lefebvre, Réjean¹, Smith, Lawrence C¹, ¹ Université de Montreal, Saint - Hyacinthe, QC, Canada

2:45 PM 92. ECTOPIC EXPRESSION OF SLFN1 CAUSES PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO LETHALITY. Hao, Lanping¹, Wu, Guangming¹, de la Casa-Esperon, Elena¹, Han, Zhiming¹, Latham, Keith¹, Sapienza, Carmen¹, ¹ Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

3:00 PM 93. CONSERVED AND DIVERGED FUNCTIONS OF A HUMAN PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME IMPRINTING CENTER (PWS-IC) IN MOUSE. Johnstone, Karen¹, DuBose, Amanda¹, Futtner, Christopher¹, Resnick, James¹, Brannan, Camilynn¹, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

3:15 PM 94. EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF DNMT3B GENE IN RETINOIC ACID-INDUCED DIFFERENTIATION OF ES CELLS. Tanaka, Satoshi¹, Yoshida, Keiko¹, Hattori, Naoko¹, Ko, Yeoung-Gyu¹, Nishino, Koichiro¹, Shiota, Kunio¹, ¹ The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

3:30 PM 95. MATERNAL PRONUCLEAR INFLUENCE IN MOUSE EMBRYONIC GENE EXPRESSION. Vassena, Rita¹, Miyara, Faical¹, Latham, Keith¹, ¹ Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia

3:45 PM 96. IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ZYGOTIC GENOME ACTIVATION GENE 1 (Zga1) IN MOUSE. Falco, Geppino¹, Hamatani, Toshio¹, Lee, Sung-Lim ¹, Ko, Minoru S¹, ¹ NIA, NIH, Baltimore, MD