A modified method of shell windowing for producing somatic or germline chimeras in fertilized chicken eggs

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1430-1433

  Speksnijder, G ^a,b   Ivarie, R ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b AviGenics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastogerm; Chicken; Chimera; Transgenic; Window

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CHIMERA; CYTOLOGY; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOSAICISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLASTODERM; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CHIMERA; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; MALE; MOSAICISM;

EID: 0034304585     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.10.1430     Document Type: Article

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