Zebrafish germline chimeras produced by transplantation of ovarian germ cells into sterile host larvae

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1190-1197

  Wong, Ten Tsao ^a   Saito, Taiju ^a   Crodian, Jennifer ^a   Collodi, Paul ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germline chimera; Germline stem cells; Ovary; Transplantation; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELL; GONAD; HYBRID; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN GERM CELL; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; LARVA; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 79958198753     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.088427     Document Type: Article

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