A viable foal obtained by equine somatic cell nuclear transfer using oocytes recovered from immature follicles of live mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Choi, Young Ho ^a   Norris, Jody D ^a   Velez, Isabel C ^a   Jacobson, Candace C ^a,c   Hartman, David L ^b   Hinrichs, Katrin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hartman Equine Reproduction Center   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor cell; Embryo; Horse; Nuclear transfer; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84874314314     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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