X-irradiation removes endogenous Primordial Germ Cells (PGCs) and increases germline transmission of donor PGCs in chimeric chickens

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 432-437

  Nakamura, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Usui, Fumitake ^b,c   Miyahara, Daichi ^b   Mori, Takafumi ^b   Ono, Tamao ^b   Kagami, Hiroshi ^b   Takeda, Kumiko ^d   Nirasawa, Keijiro ^d   Tagami, Takahiro ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Germline chimera; Primordial germ cell; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GONAD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION CHIMERA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; X RAY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; GONADS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RADIATION CHIMERA; RADIATION EFFECTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 84867875471     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2012-045     Document Type: Article

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