Comparative Development of Avian Primordial Germ Cells and Production of Germ Line Chimeras

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 151-168

  D'Costa, Susan ^a   Pardue, Samuel L ^a   Petitte, James N ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick; Chimeras; Embryo; Migration; Primordial germ cells; Quail; Transgenic; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347712117     PISSN: 14702061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/147020601783698477     Document Type: Review

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