Embryo cloning in sheep: Work in progress

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Loi, P ^a   Boyazoglu, S ^b   Gallus, M ^a   Ledda, S ^d   Naitana, S ^d   Wilmut, I ^c   Cappai, P ^a   Casu, S ^a  

^a Istituto Zootecnico e Caseario Per la Sardegna   (Italy)

^b Ist di Ostet e Ginecologia Vet   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cloning; Embryos; Lambs; Oviductal filters; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CLONING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR TRANSFER; OOCYTE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; SHEEP;

EID: 0031177814     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00187-8     Document Type: Article

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