Is any form of gender selection ethical?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 431-432

  Hanson, Charles ^a   Hamberger, Lars ^a   Janson, Per Olof ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

PGD; Sex selection; Social sexing; Spermatozoa; X chromosome; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; NIDATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 0036750030     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016867824542     Document Type: Short Survey

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