Sex reversal in chicken

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-18

  Kagami, H ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastoderm; Embryo engineering; Mixed sex chimera; PGCs; Sex alteration; Sex reversal; W sperm

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038059301     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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