Viability and functionality of primordial germ cells after freeze-thaw in chickens

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-63

  Nakamura, Yoshiaki ^a,b,c   Usui, Fumitake ^a   Miyahara, Daichi ^a   Mori, Takafumi ^a   Watanabe, Haruhi ^a   Ono, Tamao ^a   Takeda, Kumiko ^b   Nirasawa, Keijiro ^b   Kagami, Hiroshi ^a   Tagami, Takahiro ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chickens; Cryopreservation; Functionality; Primordial germ cells; Viability

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79251650230     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.010085     Document Type: Article

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