Characteristics of calves produced with sperm sexed by flow cytometry/cell sorting

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1029-1036

  Tubman, L M ^a   Brink, Z ^a   Suh, T K ^b   Seidel Jr , G E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b XY Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Calves; Flow Cytometry; Normality; Sex Ratio; Sexing; Sperm

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 2342562464     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.8241029x     Document Type: Article

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