Study on the concentration of circulating primordial germ cells (cPGCs) in early chick embryos

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 759-764

  Tajima, Atsushi ^a   Hayashi, Hisanori ^a   Kamizumi, Akemi ^a   Ogura, Jyunko ^a   Kuwana, Takashi ^b   Chikamune, Tateki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033486047     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19991201)284:7<759::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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