Reproductive technologies relevant to the Genome Resource Bank in Carnivora

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 164-175

  Amstislavsky, S ^a   Lindeberg, H ^b   Luvoni, G C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BEAR; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; CLONING; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; CLONING, ORGANISM; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GENOME; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN PRESERVATION; TISSUE BANKS; URSIDAE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELIDAE; RODENTIA; URSIDAE;

EID: 84855739867     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2011.01886.x     Document Type: Review

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