title: Preservation of quail blastoderm cells in liquid nitrogen.
abstract: 1. Quail blastoderm cells isolated from the yolk were preserved in liquid nitrogen. 2. Frozen-thawed blastoderm cells of the quail were viable and survived in vitro. By injecting the frozen-thawed cells into chick embryos, quail-chick chimaeras were produced.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Animal Industry, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nirasawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oishi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001756:Blastoderm / Q000166:cytology*; D002642:Chick Embryo / Q000502:physiology*; D002678:Chimera; D003370:Coturnix / Q000196:embryology*; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000662:veterinary*; D005241:Feathers; D009584:Nitrogen; D010858:Pigmentation
chemical_list: D009584:Nitrogen