Production of chimeras between the Chinese soft-shelled turtle and Peking duck through transfer of early blastoderm cells

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1786-1792

  Zhang, Wenxin ^a   Rui, Lei ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Yu, Xiaoxue ^a   Yuan, Fang ^a   Yan, Li ^a   Zhang, Zifu ^a   Wan, Zhiyi ^a   Shao, Qiang ^a   Qi, Cheng ^a   Li, Zandong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blastoderm cell; Chimera; Chinese soft shelled turtle; PCR; Peking duck

Indexed keywords

TRYPSIN;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL SHELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; BLASTODERM CELL; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL MOTION; CHIMERA; CHINA; CHINESE SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE; CYTOLOGY; DUCK; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GONAD; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; METABOLISM; PCR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE; VASCULARIZATION;

BLASTODERM CELL; CHIMERA; CHINESE SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE; PCR; PEKING DUCK;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHINA; DUCKS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; TRYPSIN; TURTLES;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 84877117754     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.072843     Document Type: Article

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