Quantitative mRNA expression in ovine blastocysts produced from X- and Y-chromosome bearing sperm, both in vitro and in vivo

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 471-481

  Beilby, K H ^a   de Graaf, S P ^a   Evans, G ^a   Maxwell, W M C ^a   Wilkening, S ^b   Wrenzycki, C ^b   Grupen, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression; IVF; MRNA expression; Sex sorted sperm; Sheep

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DETERMINATION; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79959857118     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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