Handmade Somatic Cell Cloning and Related Studies in Farm Animals

Journal of Mammalian Ova Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 99-106

  Nagai, Takashi ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuhiro ^b   Imai, Kei ^c   Fahrudin, Mokhamad ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^d BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Enucleation; Hand made cloning; Oocyte; Somatic cell nuclear transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956129215     PISSN: 13417738     EISSN: 13475878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1274/jmor.24.99     Document Type: Article

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