Difference in volume of X- and Y-chromosome-bearing bovine sperm heads matches difference in DNA content

Cytometry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-128

  Van Munster, Erik B ^a,b   Stap, Jan ^a   Hoebe, Ron A ^a   Te Meerman, Gerard J ^c   Aten, Jacob A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Area; Bovine; Image analysis; Interference; Microscopy; Spermatozoa; Thickness; Volume; X chromosome; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; SPERM HEAD; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0033081722     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990201)35:2<125::AID-CYTO3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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