DNA integrity in sexed bull sperm assessed by neutral Comet assay and sperm chromatin structure assay

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1789-1802

  Boe Hansen, Gry B ^a   Morris, Ian D ^b   Ersbøll, Annette K ^a   Greve, Torben ^a   Christensen, Preben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine; DNA; Flow cytometry; Sex sorting; Single cell gel electrophoresis; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 14744268308     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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