A caprine chimera produced by injection of embryonic germ cells into a blastocyst

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 340-348

  Jia, W ^a   Yang, W ^a   Lei, A ^a   Gao, Z ^a   Yang, C ^a   Hua, J ^a   Huang, W ^a   Ma, X ^a   Wang, H ^a   Dou, Z ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chimera; EG cells; Goat; Microsatellite DNA; SRY

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHEMISTRY; CHIMERA; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GOAT; MALE; MICROINJECTION; PIGMENTATION; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CHIMERA; DNA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELLS; GOATS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PIGMENTATION; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 37849008423     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.08.037     Document Type: Article

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