Production of germ-line chimeras by the transfer of cryopreserved gonadal germ cells collected from 7- and 9-day-old chick embryos

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-88

  Tajima, Atsushi ^a   Minematsu, Takeo ^a   Ohara, Mutsuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Animal Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian genetic resources; Cryopreservation; Germ line chimera; Gonadal germ cells

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 1542381380     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2004.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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