In vitro production of cat blastocysts of predetermined sex using flow cytometrically sorted semen

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 872-877

  Spinaci, Marcella ^a   Merlo, Barbara ^a   Zannoni, Augusta ^a   Iacono, Eleonora ^a   De Ambrogi, Marco ^a   Turba, Maria Elena ^a   Zambelli, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cat spermatozoa; In vitro fertilization; Sperm sexing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CAT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; SEX PRESELECTION;

FELIDAE;

EID: 33846515683     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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