Generation of Chimeras by Aggregation of Embryonic Stem Cells with Diploid or Tetraploid Mouse Embryos

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 693, Issue , 2011, Pages 37-56

  Artus, Jérôme ^a   Hadjantonakis, Anna Katerina ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Blastocyst; Chimera; Development; Developmental potential; Diploid; Embryo; ES cells; Lineage contribution; Morula; Mouse; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CYTOLOGY; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TETRAPLOIDY;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; TETRAPLOIDY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952278792     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-974-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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