Germ cell transplantation using sexually competent fish: an approach for rapid propagation of endangered and valuable germlines.

The transplantation of germ cells into adult recipient gonads is a tool with wide applications in animal breeding and conservation of valuable and/or endangered species; it also provides a means for basic studies involving germ cell (GC) proliferation and differentiation. Here we describe the establ...

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Main Authors: Sullip K Majhi, Ricardo S Hattori, Masashi Yokota, Seiichi Watanabe, Carlos A Strüssmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2700270?pdf=render