Nanoscale Differences in the Shape and Size of X and Y Chromosome-Bearing Bovine Sperm Heads Assessed by Atomic Force Microscopy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Carvalho, José O ^b   Silva, Luciano P ^a   Sartori, Roberto ^b   Dode, Margot A N ^a,c  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BULL (BOVINE); CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOIMAGING; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SPERM HEAD; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84875121365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059387     Document Type: Article

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