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Microsurgical Experiments on Embryos in Farm Animals — Basic and Applied Aspects

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Manipulation of reproduction in domestic animals includes not only artifical insemination, in vitro fertilization and culture, embryo freezing and transfer, but also micromanipulative techniques which allow, for example, the production of monozygotic twins or chimaeras.

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Meinecke-Tillmann, S., Meinecke, B. (1987). Microsurgical Experiments on Embryos in Farm Animals — Basic and Applied Aspects. In: Feichtinger, W., Kemeter, P. (eds) Future Aspects in Human In Vitro Fertilization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71412-2_30

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