Cell number and sex ratio in unfertilized chicken eggs (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-54

  Klein, Sabine ^a   Grossmann, Roland ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 38149075941     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.432     Document Type: Article

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