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Quail—Chick Chimeras

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Molecular Embryology

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Acknowledgments

We thank Marcelle Gendreau and Charmaine Herberts for reference filing, Fran殩se Viala for photographic work, and Sophie Gournet and Hélène San Clemente for line drawings.

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    Marie-Aimée Teillet, Catherine Ziller & Nicole M. Le Douarin

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Teillet, MA., Ziller, C., Le Douarin, N.M. (2008). Quail—Chick Chimeras. In: Sharpe, P.T., Mason, I. (eds) Molecular Embryology. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY™, vol 461. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-483-8_24

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