A comparison of reproductive characteristics of boars generated by somatic cell nuclear transfer to highly related conventionally produced boars

Cloning and Stem Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 130-139

  Williams, N E ^a   Walker, Shawn C ^a   Reeves, D E ^b   Sherrer, E ^c   Galvin, J M ^d   Polejaeva, I ^d   Rampacek, G ^e   Benyshek, L ^f   Christenson, R K ^g   Graves, W M ^e   Pratt, S L ^e  

^a Viagen Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Bresegen Inc   (United States)

^d Reproductive Technologies Services   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f Benyshek and Hough Consulting Services   (United States)

^g U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GENOTYPE; GESTATION PERIOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SOMATIC CELL; SWINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLONING, ORGANISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33750688208     PISSN: 15362302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clo.2006.8.130     Document Type: Article

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