Growth of subcutaneous chicken testicular transplants

Poultry Science

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1916-1920

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

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autotransplantation; Chicken; Genetic conservation; Gonadal transplantation; Testicular tissue

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84879172310     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03057     Document Type: Article

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