Direct observation of hematopoietic progenitor chimerism in fetal freemartin cattle

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cattle twins are well known as blood chimeras. However, chimerism in the actual hematopoietic progenitor compartment has not been directly investigated. Here, we analyzed fetal liver of chimeric freemartin cattle by combining a new a...

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Main Authors: Taponen Juhani, Pessa-Morikawa Tiina, Niku Mikael, Iivanainen Antti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/3/29