Transgenic Chickens: Past, Present, and Future

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63-80

  Zajchowski, Laura D ^a,b   Etches, Robert J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Origen Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastodermal cells; Chimera; DNA; Microinjection; Primordial germ cells; Retroviral vector; Transfection; Transgenic chicken

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034556614     PISSN: 14702061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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