Incidence of abnormal offspring from cloning and other assisted reproductive technologies

Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 307-321

  Hill, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

abnormalities; clone; fetus; in vitro fertilization; placenta

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CLONING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; LIVESTOCK; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CLONING, ORGANISM; FEMALE; LIVESTOCK; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84906226520     PISSN: 21658102     EISSN: 21658110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-022513-114109     Document Type: Article

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