Gender selection: Cultural and religious perspectives

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 400-410

  Schenker, Joseph G ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Preimplantation diagnosis; Religion and human reproduction; Sex preselection; Sperm separation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMETE; HUMAN; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERMATOZOON; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; METHODOLOGY; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

CHRISTIA;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

CHRISTIANITY; HUMANS; ISLAM; JUDAISM; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 0036750818     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016807605886     Document Type: Review

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