Survival and proliferation of refined chicken circulating primordial germ cells cultured in vitro

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-181

  Yang, Guoqing ^a   Fujihara, Noboru ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken Primordial Germ Cells; Proliferation; Red fluorescent labeling; Refinement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007609894     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.45.177     Document Type: Article

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