Mouse singletons and twins developed from isolated diploid blastomeres supported with tetraploid blastomeres

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 591-596

  Tarkowski, Andrzej K ^a   Ozdzenski, Wacław ^b   Czołowska, Renata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chimaeras; Isolated diploid blastomeres; Mouse; Tetraploid blastomeres; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL ISOLATION; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CHIMERA; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYPLOIDY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0035007946     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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