A novel nozzle for more efficient sperm orientation to improve sorting efficiency of X and Y chromosome-bearing sperm

Cytometry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 476-481

  Rens, Wim ^a,b   Welch, Glenn R ^a   Johnson, Lawrence A ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beveled needle; DNA; Flow cytometry; Nozzle; Orientation; Sorting; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; DEVICE; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; RABBITS; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032400786     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19981201)33:4<476::AID-CYTO12>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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