Germ cell transplantation as a potential biotechnological approach to fish reproduction

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-11

  Lacerda, S M S N ^a   Costa, G M J ^a   Campos Junior, P H A ^a   Segatelli, T M ^a   Yazawa, R ^b   Takeuchi, Y ^b   Morita, T ^c   Yoshizaki, G ^b   Franca L R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Biotechnology; Fish; Germ cell transplantation; Primordial germ cell; Spermatogonial stem cell

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872338563     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-012-9606-4     Document Type: Article

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