Effect of sexual abstinence on the proportion of X-bearing sperm as assessed by multicolor fluorescent in situ hybridization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 510-513

  Hilsenrath, Robin E ^a,b   Buster, John E ^a   Swarup, Monte ^a,b   Carson, Sandra A ^a   Bischoff, Farideh Z ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b West Michigan Reproductive Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ejaculation frequency; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; X:Y ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0342981597     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00247-1     Document Type: Article

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