A method for cryopreserving chicken primordial germ cells

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1784-1790

  Moore, D T ^a   Purdy, P H ^a   Blackburn, H D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Flow cytometry; Primordial germ cell

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33749487323     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.10.1784     Document Type: Article

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