Cloned calves produced by transfer of reconstituted embryos derived from fibroblast cells of a female fetus

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 265-269

  Sakaguchi, Minoru ^a,d   Yotsushima, Kenji ^a   Kakei, Tomoko ^a   Nakahara, Hitoshi ^b   Takahashi, Seiya ^c   Imai, Hiroshi ^c,e   Izaike, Yoshiaki ^c  

^a Toyama Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station   (Japan)

^b Okayama Prefectural Center for Animal Husbandry and Research   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryopreservation; Embryo transfer; Fetal fibroblast; Nuclear transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037749331     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.46.265     Document Type: Article

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