A new method for isolating viable gonadal germ cells from 7-day-old chick embryos

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-111

  Nakajima, Yuki ^a   Minematsu, Takeo ^b   Naito, Mitsuru ^c   Tajima, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Gonadal germ cells; Isolation; PBS

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79955714891     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.010094     Document Type: Article

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