Efficacy of the porcine species in biomedical research

Since domestication, pigs have been used extensively in agriculture and kept as companion animals. More recently they have been used in biomedical research, given they share many physiological and anatomical similarities with humans. Recent technological advances in assisted reproduction, somatic ce...

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Main Authors: Karina eGutierrez, Naomi eDicks, Werner Giehl Glanzner, Luis B Agellon, Vilceu eBordignon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2015.00293/full