Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 7 , Pages 1161-1178.e8 , 15 October 2010

Identification of early transcripts related to male development in chicken embryos

  • Yuan-Ping Lin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Science, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Lih-Ren Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiology, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Institute of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Feng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science, National Chung-Hsin University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jenn-Fa Liou

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiology, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Ling Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Science, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jenn-Rong Yang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiology, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yow-Ling Shiue

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Science, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 886-7-5255818; fax: 886-7-5250197

Received 12 November 2009 ,Revised 8 May 2010 ,Accepted 15 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.05.017

Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 7 , Pages 1161-1178.e8 , 15 October 2010

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