Factors influencing the "sortability" of stallion spermatozoa into X- and Y-chromosome bearing populations

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 220-228

  Clulow, J R ^a   Evans, G ^a   Morris, L H A ^b   Maxwell, W M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b EquiBreed NZ Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Equine; Sex preselection; Sperm sorting; Spermatozoa; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORSES; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX PRESELECTION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 64949119899     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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