Current knowledge of sexual differentiation in domestic fowl

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 120-123

  Kagami, H ^a   Kanada, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Control; Differentiation; Domestic fowl; Embryo engineering; Mixed sex chimeras; Molecular biology; Reversal, sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744472600     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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