Application of modern molecular techniques to evaluate sperm sex selection methods

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 937-942

  Flaherty, Sean P ^a   Matthews, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

FISH; PCR; Sex selection; X chromosome; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; PERCOLL; POVIDONE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALBUMINS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POVIDONE; SEX PRESELECTION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030321027     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.12.937     Document Type: Article

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