A new approach to immunological sexing of sperm

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1309-1321

  Blecher, S R ^a   Howie, R ^a   Li, S ^a   Detmar, J ^a   Blahut, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunology; Post meiotic transcription; Sex chromosome specific proteins; Sperm sexing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CATTLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPLEEN; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CATTLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OVARY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SPERMATOZOA; SPLEEN; TESTIS;

EID: 0033395974     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00219-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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