Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 9 , Pages 1629-1635 , December 2010

Embryo production and possible species preservation by nuclear transfer of somatic cells isolated from bovine semen

  • Jie Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
    • ,
  • Mark Westhusin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
    • ,
  • Charles Long

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
    • ,
  • Gregory Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
    • ,
  • Robert Burghardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
    • ,
  • Duane Kraemer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: + 1 979 845 4220; fax: + 1 979 458 3635

Received 12 January 2010 ,Revised 21 June 2010 ,Accepted 27 June 2010.

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PII: S0093-691X(10)00353-5

doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.06.035

Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 9 , Pages 1629-1635 , December 2010

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