Chimeric plumage coloration produced by ovarian transplantation in chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1073-1076

  Liu, J ^a,b   Robertson, M C ^a   Cheng, K M ^b   Silversides, F G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chicken; Chimera; Folliculogenesis; Ovarian transplantation; Plumage coloration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875021077     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02843     Document Type: Article

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