Sexing the freshly laid egg - Development of embryos after manipulation; analytical approach and localization of the blastoderm in the intact egg

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-45

  Klein, S ^a   Baulain, U ^a   Rokitta, M ^b   Marx, G ^a   Thielebein, J ^c   Ellendorff, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blastoderm localization; Chicken sex; PCR; Sex diagnosis

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038059242     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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