The frequency of chromosomal XX/XY chimerism occurrence in Merino Booroola sheep

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-372

  Keszka, Jerzy ^a   Jaszczak, Kazimierz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Booroola Merino sheep; Chromosomal chimerism XX XY; Freemartinism; Multiple pregnancies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007066422     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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