Cold-shock eliminates female nucleus in fertilized eggs to induce androgenesis in the loach (<it>Misgurnus anguillicaudatus</it>), a teleost fish

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Androgenesis (all-male inheritance) is generally induced by means of irradiating the eggs to inactivate the maternal genome, followed by fertilization with normal sperm. In fish, the conventional technique for induced androgenesis ha...

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Main Authors: Morishima Kagayaki, Fujimoto Takafumi, Sato Mami, Kawae Ayako, Zhao Yan, Yamaha Etsuro, Arai Katsutoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:BMC Biotechnology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6750/11/116