XX/XY chimerism and freemartinism in a female llama co-twin to a male

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 215, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1140-1141

  Hinrichs, Katrin ^a,c   Buoen, Lance C ^b   Ruth, George R ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CASE REPORT; CATTLE DISEASE; CHIMERA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TWINS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CHIMERA; FEMALE; FREEMARTINISM; GENITALIA, FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; TWINS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033569193     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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