Identification of sex in chickens by flow cytometry

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-32

  Tiersch, Terrence R ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LA Stt Univ Aquacult Res Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Genome size; Sex chromosomes; Sex identification

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0038397672     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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