Identification of embryo paternity using polymorphic DNA markers to assess fertilizing capacity of spermatozoa after heterospermic insemination in boars

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1365-1373

  Stahlberg, R ^a   Harlizius, B ^a   Weitze, K F ^a   Waberski, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryos; Heterospermic insemination; Paternity; PCR; Pig

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BREEDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DNA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034176859     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00279-X     Document Type: Article

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