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Complete replacement of the mitochondrial genotype in a Bos indicus calf reconstructed by nuclear transfer to a Bos taurus oocyte.
Genetics - 1 May 2001
Meirelles F V, Bordignon V, Watanabe Y, Watanabe M, Dayan A, Lôbo R B, Garcia J M, Smith L C
Abstract excerpt
Due to the exclusively maternal inheritance of mitochondria, mitochondrial genotypes can be coupled to a particular nuclear genotype by continuous mating of founder females and their female offspring to males of the desired nuclear genotype. However, backcrossing is a gradual procedure that, apar...
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