Fol. Biol. 2017, 63, 27-30

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2017063010027

A Mutation of the Prdm9 Mouse Hybrid Sterility Gene Carried by a Transgene

O. Mihola, Zdenek Trachtulec

Laboratory of Germ Cell Development, Division BIOCEV, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic

Received July 2016
Accepted August 2016

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