Four male tortoiseshell cats: Cytogenetic and histologic examination;Zytogenetische und histologische untersuchungen an vier schildpattkatern

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 457-461

  Kuiper, H ^a   Hewicker Trautwein, M ^a,b   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Pathologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Tortoiseshell tomcats; XX XY chimaerism; XXY chromosome complement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOGENETICS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TUNICA VAGINALIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

FELIS CATUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHIMERA; FERTILITY; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 1542778545     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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