New advances in sex preselection

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-350

  Reubinoff, B E ^a   Schenker, J G ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Preimplantation diagnosis; sex preselection; sperm separation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SELECTION; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMETE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030460767     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58498-2     Document Type: Review

References (86)

1. J. Stolkowski J. Choukroun Preconception selection of sex in man Isr J Med Sci 17 1981 1061 1067
2. S.J. Kleegman Therapeutic donor insemination Fertil Steril 5 1954 7 30
3. L.B. Shettles Factors influencing sex ratios Int. J. Gynecol Obstet 8 1970 643 647
4. Scientific research on the Billing’s method E.L. Billings A. Westmore The Billings method 199 1982 Penguin Books New York 172 185
5. N.E. Williamson T.H. Lean D. Vengadasalam Evaluation of an unsuccessful sex preselection clinic in Singapore J Biosoc Sci 10 1978 375 388
6. B.W. Simcock Sons and daughters—a sex preselection study Med J Aust 142 1985 541 542
7. J.T. France F.M. Graham L. Gosling P. Hair B.S. Knox Characteristics of natural conceptual cycles occurring in a prospective study of sex preselection: fertility awareness systems, hormone levels, sperm survival and pregnancy outcome Int J Fertil 37 1992 244 255
8. R. Guerrero Association of the type and time of insemination within the menstrual cycle with the human sex ratio at birth N Engl J Med 291 1974 1056 1059
9. S. Harlap Gender of infants conceived on different days of the menstrual cycle N Engl J Med 300 1979 1445 1448
10. R.H. Gray Natural family planning and sex selection: fact or fiction Am J Obstet Gynecol 165 1991 1982 1984
11. W.H. James Time of fertilization and sex of infants Lancet 1 1980 1124 1126
12. W.H. James Gonadotropin and the human secondary sex ratio Br Med J 281 1980 711 712
13. W.H. James The sex ratio of infants born after hormonal induction of ovulation Br J Obstet Gynecol 92 1985 299 301
14. I. Cholst R. Jewelewicz T. Dyrenfurth L. Vande Wiele Gonadotropins and the human sex ratio Br Med J 283 1981 1264 1265
15. Z. Ben-Rafael A. Matalon J. Blankstein D.M. Serr B. Lunenfeld S. Mashiach Male to female ratio after gonadotropin-induced ovulation Fertil Steril 45 1986 36 40
16. P.W. Zarutskie C.H. Muller M. Magone M.R. Soules The clinical relevance of sex selection techniques Fertil Steril 52 1989 891 905
17. R.J. Ericsson C.N. Langevin M. Nishino Isolation of fraction rich in human Y sperm Nature 246 1973 421 424
18. W.L.G. Quinlivan K. Preciado T.L. Long H. Sullivan Separation of human X and Y spermatozoa by albumin gradients and Sephadex chromatography Fertil Steril 37 1982 104 107
19. O. Steeno A. Adimoelja J. Steeno Separation of X- and Y-bearing human spermatozoa with the sephadex gel-filtration method Andrologia 7 1975 95 97
20. S. Kaneko J. Yamaguchi T. Kobayashi R. Iizuka Separation of human X- and Y-bearing sperm using Percoli density gradient centrifugation Fertil Steril 40 1983 661 665
21. R. Izuka S. Kaneko R. Aoki T. Kobayashi Sexing of human sperm by discontinuous Percoli density gradient and its clinical application Hum Reprod 2 1987 573 575
22. J.H. Check D. Katsoff A prospective study to evaluate the efficacy of modified swim-up preparation for male sex selection Hum Reprod 8 1993 211 214
23. A.T. Sumner J.A. Robinson A difference in dry mass between the heads of X- and Y-bearing human spermatozoa J Reprod Fertil 48 1976 9 15
24. K.H. Cui C.D. Matthews Human X sperms are larger than Y sperms Nature 366 1993 117 118
25. F.J. Beernink W.P. Dmowski R.J. Ericsson Sex preselection through albumin separation of sperm Fertil Steril 59 1993 382 386
26. S. Kaneko S. Oshio T. Kobayashi R. Iizuka H. Mohri Human X- and Y-bearing sperm differ in cell surface sialic acid content Biochem Biophys Res Commun 124 1984 950 955
27. H.X. Wang S.P. Flaherty N.J. Swann C.D. Matthews Discontinuous Percoli gradients enrich X-bearing human spermatozoa: a study using double-label fluorescence in-situ hybridization Hum Reprod 9 1994 1265 1270
28. W.P. Dmowski L. Gaynor R. Rao M. Lawrence A. Scommegna Use of albumin gradients for X and Y sperm separation and clinical experience with male sex preselection Fertil Steril 31 1979 52 57
29. J.M. Evans T.A. Douglas J.P. Renton An attempt to separate fractions rich in human Y sperm Nature 253 1975 352 354
30. A. Ross J.A. Robinson H.J. Evans Failure to confirm separation of X- and Y-bearing human sperm using BS A gradient Nature 253 1975 354 355
31. K. Ueda R. Yanagimachi Sperm chromosome analysis as a new system to test human X- and Y-sperm separation Gamete Res 17 1987 221 228
32. B.F. Brandriff L.A. Gordon S. Haendel S. Singer D.H. Moore B.L. Gledhill Sex chromosome ratios determined by karyotypic analysis in albumin isolated human sperm Fertil Steril 46 1986 678 685
33. R.J. van Kooij B.A. van Oost Determination of sex ratio of spermatozoa with a deoxyribonucleic acid-probe and quinacrine staining: a comparison Fertil Steril 58 1992 384 386
34. P. Barlow C.G. Vosa The Y chromosome in human spermatozoa Nature 226 1970 961 962
35. F. Vidal M. Moragas V. Catala M.J. Torello J. Santalo G. Calderon Sephadex filtration and human serum albumin gradients do not select spermatozoa by sex chromosome: a fluorescent in situ hybridization study Hum Reprod 8 1993 1740 1743
36. H.-X. Wang S.P. Flaherty N.J. Swann C.D. Matthews Assessment of the separation of X- and Y-bearing sperm on albumin gradients using double label fluorescence in situ hybridization Fertil Steril 61 1994 720 726
37. T.A. Beckett R.H. Martin D.I. Hoar Assessment of the sephadex technique for selection of X-bearing human sperm by analysis of sperm chromosomes, deoxyribonucleic acid, and Y-bodies Fertil Steril 52 1989 829 835
38. S.M. Lobel R.J. Pomponio G.L. Mutter The sex ratio of normal and manipulated human sperm quantitated by the polymerase chain reaction Fertil Steril 59 1993 387 392
39. T.L. Han S.P. Flaherty J.H. Ford C.D. Matthews Detection of X- and Y-bearing human spermatozoa after motile sperm isolation by swim-up Fertil Steril 60 1993 1046 1051
40. S.L. Corson F.R. Batzer N.J. Alexander S. Schlaff C. Otis Sex selection by sperm separation and insemination Fertil Steril 42 1984 756 760
41. F.J. Beernink R.J. Ericsson Male sex preselection through sperm isolation Fertil Steril 38 1982 493 495
42. S.L. Corson F.R. Batzer S. Schlaff Preconceptual female gender selection Fertil Steril 40 1983 384 385
43. R.J. Ericsson F. Beernink Sex chromosome ratios in human sperm [letter] Fertil Steril 47 1987 531 532
44. S.B. Jaffe R. Jewelewicz E. Wahl M.A. Khatmee A controlled study for gender selection Fertil Steril 56 1991 254 258
45. L.A. Johnson G.R. Welch K. Keyvanfar A. Dorfmann E.F. Fugger J.D. Schulman Gender preselection in humans? Flow cytometric separation of X and Y spermatozoa for the prevention of X-linked disease Hum Reprod 8 1993 1733 1739
46. M.J. Ashwood-Smith Safety of human sperm selection by flow cytometry Hum Reprod 9 1994 757
47. S. Munné Flow cytometry separation of X and Y spermatozoa could be detrimental for human embryos Hum Reprod 9 1994 758
48. Y. Matsuda I. Tobari Chromosomal analysis in mouse eggs fertilized in vitro with sperm exposed to ultraviolet light (UV) and methyl and ethyl methanesulfonate (MMS and EMS) Mutat Res 198 1988 131 141
49. R.E. Duran P.L. Olive Cytotoxicity, mutagenicity and DNA damage by Hoechst 33342 J Histochem Cytochem 30 1982 11 16
50. L.A. Johnson J.P. Flook H.W. Hawk Sex preselection in rabbits: live births from X and Y sperm separated by DNA and cell sorting Biol Reprod 41 1989 199 203
51. L.A. Johnson Sex preselection in swine: altered sex ratios in off-spring following surgical insemination of flow sorted X- and Y-bearing sperm Reprod Dom Anim 26 1991 309 314
52. D.G. Cran L.A. Johnson N.G. Miller D. Cochrane C. Polge Production of bovine calves following separation of X- and Y-chromosome bearing sperm and in vitro fertilization Vet Ree 132 1993 40 41
53. G. Levinson K. Keyvanfar J.C. Wu E.F. Fugger R.A. Fields G.L. Harton DNA-based X-enriched sperm separation as an adjunct to preimplantation genetic testing for the prevention of X-linked disease Hum Reprod 10 1995 979 982
54. R.G. Edward H.K. Beard Sexing human spermatozoa to control sex ratios at birth is now a reality Hum Reprod 10 1995 977
55. K. Hardy K.L. Martin H.J. Leese R.M.L. Winston A.H. Handyside Human preimplantation development in vitro is not adversely affected by biopsy at the 8-cell stage Hum Reprod 5 1990 708 714
56. A.H. Handyside J.D.A. Delhanty Cleavage stage biopsy of human embryos and diagnosis of X-linked recessive disease Preconception and preimplantation diagnosis of human genetic disease 1993 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 239 270
57. A.H. Handyside E.H. Kontogianni K. Hardy R.M.L. Winston Pregnancies from biopsied human preimplantation embryos sexed by Y-specific DNA amplification Nature 244 1990 768 770
58. E.H. Kontogiani K. Hardy A.H. Handyside Co-amplification of X- and Y-specific sequences for sexing preimplantation human embryos Y. Verlinsky C. Strom Preimplantation genetics 1991 Plenum Press New York 139 145
59. C.M. Strom S. Rechitsky Y. Verlinsky Reliability of gender determination using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for single cells J In Vitro Fert Embryo Transf 8 1991 225 229
60. J.A. Grifo Y.X. Tang J. Cohen F. Gilbert M.K. Sanyal Z. Rosenwaks Pregnancy after embryo biopsy and co-amplification of DNA from X and Y chromosomes J Am Med Assoc 268 1992 727 729
61. G.L. Levinson R.A. Fields G.L. Harton F.T. Palmer A. Maddalena E.F. Fugger Reliable gender screening for human preimplantation embryos, using multiple DNA target sequences Hum Reprod 7 1992 1304 1313
62. D.R. Bentley F.N. Norwood C. Holding R.G. Roberts M. Bobrow Analysis of genetic variation in the single cell R.G. Edwards Preconception and preimplantation diagnosis of human genetic disease 1993 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 161 182
63. H. Li U.B. Gyllensten X.F. Cui R.K. Saiki H.A. Erlich N. Arnheim Amplification and analysis of DNA sequences in single human sperm and diploid cells Nature 335 1988 414 417
64. M. Boehnke N. Arnheim H. Li F.S. Collins Fine-structure genetic mapping of human chromosomes using the polymerase chain reaction on single sperm: experimental design considerations Am J Hum Genet 45 1989 21 32
65. Y. Nakahori K. Hamanao M. Iwaya Y. Nakagome Sex identification by polymerase chain reaction using X-Y homologous primers Am J Med Genet 39 1991 472 473
66. Y. Nakahori O. Takenaka Y. Nakagome A human X-Y homologous region encodes ‘amelogenin’ Genomics 9 1991 472 473
67. L. Zhang X. Cui K. Schmitt R. Hubert W. Navidi N. Arnheim Whole genome amplification from a single cell: implications for genetic analysis Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89 1992 5847 5851
68. S.S. Chong K. Kristjansson J. Cota A.H. Handyside M.R. Hughes Preimplantation prevention of X-linked disease: reliable and rapid sex determination of single human cells by restriction analysis of simultaneously amplified ZFX and ZFY sequences Hum Mol Genet 2 1993 1187 1191
69. J.D.A. Delhanty Preimplantation diagnosis Prenatal Diagnosis 14 1994 1217 1227
70. D.K. Griffin L.J. Wilton A.H. Handyside G. Atkinson R.M.L. Winston J.D.A. Delhanty Dual fluorescent in situ hybridization for simultaneous detection of X and Y chromosome-specific probes for the sexing of human preimplantation embryonic nuclei Hum Genet 89 1992 18 22
71. J.D.A. Delhanty D.K. Griffin A.H. Handyside J.C. Harper G.H.G. Atkinson M.H.E.C. Pieters Detection of anploidy and chromosomal mosaicism in human embryos during preimplantation sex determination by fluorescent in situ hybridization Hum Mol Genet 2 1993 1183 1185
72. J.C. Harper E. Coonen C.S. Ramaekers J.D.A. Delhanty A.H. Handyside R.M.L. Winston Identification of the sex of human preimplantation embryos in two hours using an improved spreading method and fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) using directly labeled probes Hum Reprod 9 1994 721 724
73. V.A. McKusick Mendelian inheritance in man 1994 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
74. R. Horton Genetic testing Lancet 342 1993 1231
75. A. Etzioni Sex control, science and society Science 161 1968 1107 1112
76. J.B. Ullman L.S. Fidell Gender selection and society J. Offerman-Zuckerburg Gender in transition: a new frontier 1989 Plenum Press New York 179 187
77. R.D. Gilroy R. Steinbacher Sex selection technology utilization: further implications for sex ratio imbalance Soc Biol 38 1991 285 288
78. T.M. Marteau Sex selection Br Med J 306 1993 1704 1705
79. G. Vines The hidden cost of sex selection New Scientist 138 1993 12 13
80. V. Patel Sex-determination and sex-preselection tests in India: modern techniques for femicide Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars 21 1989 1 11
81. R.J. Levin Human sex preselection Oxf Rev Reprod Biol 9 1987 1961 1983
82. J. Egozcue Sex selection: why not? Hum Reprod 8 1993 1777
83. F. Shenfield Sex selection: a matter for ‘fancy’ or for ethical debate? Hum Reprod 9 1994 596
84. J. Kumm K.N. Laland M.W. Feldman Gene-culture revolution and sex ratios: the effects of infanticide, sex selective abortion, sex selection and sex-biased parental investment on the evolution of sex ratios Theor Popul Biol 46 1994 249 278
85. M.M. Seibel S. Glazier Seibel M. Zilberstein Gender distribution–not sex selection Hum Reprod 9 1994 596 597
86. Jack or Jill? [editorial] Lancet 341 1993 727 728