Fish germ cells

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-446

  Xu, Hong Yan ^a   Li, Ming You ^a   Gui, Jian Fang ^b   Hong, Yun Han ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fish; Germ cell; Germ plasm; Reproduction; Reproductive technology; Semi cloning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CLONING; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISH; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL LINEAGE; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISHES; GERM CELLS; MALE; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ILEX; ORYZIAS; ORYZIINAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77952294454     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-0058-8     Document Type: Article

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