Flow cytometric sorting of fresh and frozen-thawed spermatozoa in the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-315

  O'Brien, J K ^a   Stojanov, T ^b   Crichton, E G ^c   Evans, K M ^d   Leigh, D ^b   Maxwell, W M C ^a   Evans, G ^a   Loskutoff, N M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Sydney IVF   (Australia)

^c Henry Doorly Zoo   (United States)

^d XY Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive management; Cryopreservation; Primates; Sex predetermination; Sperm sexing; Sperm sorting

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PRIMATE; SPERM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GORILLA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; X CHROMOSOME; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 27544466384     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20158     Document Type: Article

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