Conservation of a Threatened Indigenous Fowl (Kureko Dori) Using the Germline Chimeras Transplanted from Primordial Germ Cells

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-66

  Kuwana, Takashi ^a   Kawashima, Takaharu ^a   Naito, Mitsuru ^b   Yamashita, Hiroaki ^c   Matsuzaki, Masaharu ^c   Takano, Toshinori ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Kumamoto Prefectural Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

domestic fowl; endangered species; germline chimera; primordial germ cells; transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748664631     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.43.60     Document Type: Article

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