The developmental origin of primordial germ cells and the transmission of the donor-derived gametes in mixed-sex germline chimeras to the offspring in the chicken

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 501-510

  Kagami, Hiroshi ^a   Tagami, Takahiro ^a   Matsubara, Yuko ^a   Harumi, Takashi ^a   Hanada, Hirofumi ^a   Maruyama, Kimiaki ^b   Sakurai, Michiharu ^a   Kuwana, Takashi ^c   Naito, Mitsuru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastoderm; Chickens; Germline development; Mixed sex chimera; Primordial germ cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CHICKEN; CHIMERA; GAMETE; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL MATURITY; VIRILIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CHIMERA; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0030832808     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199712)48:4<501::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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