A novel approach to sexing bovine blastocysts using male-specific gene expression

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1587-1596

  Hamilton, C K ^a   Combe, A ^a   Caudle, J ^a   Ashkar, F A ^a   Macaulay, A D ^a   Blondin, P ^b   King, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b L'Alliance Boviteq Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine embryo; Development; Sex determination; Sexual dimorphism; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENES, Y-LINKED; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84859434513     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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