Coupling sperm mediated gene transfer and sperm sorting techniques: A new perspective for swine transgenesis

Theriogenology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 856-862

  De Cecco, Marco ^a   Spinaci, Marcella ^a   Zannoni, Augusta ^a   Bernardini, Chiara ^a   Seren, Eraldo ^a   Forni, Monica ^a   Bacci, Maria Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; Sperm Mediated Gene Transfer; Sperm sexing; Swine; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MALE; SEX PRESELECTION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 77955918114     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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