Sex chromosome chimerism and the freemartin syndrome in Rideau Arcott sheep

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 132-139

  Brace, M D ^a   Peters, O ^a   Menzies, P ^a   King, W A ^a   Nino Soto, M I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMH GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BREEDING; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL MIGRATION; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; SRY GENE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CHIMERA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FREEMARTINISM; GENES, SRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 43449110949     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000118752     Document Type: Article

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