Fertility effects of the 14;20 Robertsonian translocation in cattle

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 815-823

  Schmutz, S M ^a   Moker, J S ^a   Pawlyshyn, V ^a   Haugen, B ^a   Clark, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bovine; Chromosome; Embryo; Fertility; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SUPEROVULATION; TRANSLOCATION LINE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO MORTALITY; FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; TRISOMY;

EID: 0031414146     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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