Production of germ-line chimeras by transfer of cryopreserved gonadal primordial germ cells (gPGCs) in chicken

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-267

  Tajima, Atsushi ^a   Naito, Mitsuru ^b   Yasuda, Yoshiaki ^c   Kuwana, Takashi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHIMERA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHIMERA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELLS; GONADS;

EID: 0032519850     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980215)280:3<265::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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