Comparison of the growth performances of offspring produced by a pair of cloned cattle and their nuclear donor animals

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-142

  Kasai, Kouji ^a   Sano, Fumihiko ^a   Miyashita, Norikazu ^b   Watanabe, Shinya ^c   Nagai, Takashi ^c  

^a Shizuoka Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calf of clones; Cattle; Full siblings; Growth performance; Somatic cell cloning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLONING, ORGANISM; FEMALE; MALE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 33947169492     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18063     Document Type: Article

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