Characterization of DNA synthesis during the 2-cell stage and the production of tetraploid chimeric pig embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-42

  Prather, R S ^a   Hoffman, K E ^a   Schoenbeck, R A ^a   Stumpf, T T ^a   Li, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Cell stage; Chimera; DNA synthesis; Porcine embryo; Tetraploid embryos

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHIMERA; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TETRAPLOIDY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CARBOCYANINES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CHIMERA; DNA; EMBRYO; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OOCYTES; PLOIDIES; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029761792     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199609)45:1<38::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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