Conservation of wild animals by assisted reproduction and molecular marker technology

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 710-723

  Shivaji, S ^a   Kholkute, S D ^a   Verma, S K ^a   Gaur, Ajay ^a   Umapathy, G ^a   Singh, Anju ^a   Sontakke, Sadanand ^a   Shailaja, K ^a   Reddy, Anuradha ^a   Monika, S ^a   Sivaram, V ^a   Jyotsna, B ^a   Bala, Satyare ^a   Ahmed, M Shakeel ^a   Bala, Aruna ^a   Chandrashekar, B V N ^a   Gupta, Sandeep ^a   Prakash, Surya ^a   Singh, Lalji ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cryopreservation; MHC; Microsatellite; mt DNA; Semen profile; SNPs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOTIC COMPONENTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; FELIS CATUS; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0038268757     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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