Sperm pre-incubation prior to insemination affects the sex ratio of bovine embryos produced in vitro

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 224-227

  Lechniak, D ^a   Strabel, T ^a   Bousquet, D ^b   King, A W ^c  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b L'Alliance Boviteq Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037947051     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2003.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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