Germany/Australia index of sperm sex sortability in Elephants and Rhinoceros

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-277

  Behr, B ^a   Rath, D ^b   Hildebrandt, T B ^a   Goeritz, F ^a   Blottner, S ^a   Portas, T J ^c   Bryant, B R ^c   Sieg, B ^b   Knieriem, A ^d   De Graaf, S ^e   Maxwell, W M C ^e   Hermes, R ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

^c Western Plains Zoo   (Australia)

^d Zoo Hannover   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERMANY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CELL SEPARATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA; ELEPHANTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GERMANY; MALE; PERISSODACTYLA; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX PRESELECTION; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA;

CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; DICEROS BICORNIS; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS;

EID: 62549160905     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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