Germ cell transplantation in felids: A potential approach to preserving endangered species

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-276

  Silva, Robson C ^a,b   Costa, Guilherme M J ^a   Lacerda, Samyra M S N ^a   Batlouni, Sérgio R ^c   Soares, Jaqueline M ^a   Avelar, Gleide F ^a   Böttger, Karin B ^a   Silva, SilvéRio F ^d   Nogueira, Maria S ^d   Andrade, Leonardo M ^e   França, Luiz R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DOS VALES DO JEQUITINHONHA E MUCURI   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission Nuclear Technology Development Center   (Brazil)

^e Associação Bichos Gerais ABG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Busulfan treatment; Domestic cat (Felis catus); Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis); Spermatogonial stem cell transplantation; Testis; X ray radiation

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LOSS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDIDYMIS; FELIDAE; GENOME; GERM CELL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; ISOGRAFT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; X RAY; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 84856963649     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.012898     Document Type: Article

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