Improved flow cytometric sorting of X- and Y-chromosome bearing sperm: Substantial increase in yield of sexed semen

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-56

  Rens, Wim ^a   Welch, Glenn R ^b   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

DNA analysis; Gender preselection; Nozzle; Sorting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SORTER; CELL VIABILITY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032889626     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199901)52:1<50::AID-MRD7>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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