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An Attempt to predetermine the Sex of Calves by Artificial Insemination with Spermatozoa separated by Sedimentation

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BHATTACHARYA1,2 has described a method for separating from rabbit semen two fractions of sperm with which he achieved a significant degree of predetermination of sex. He suggested that the separation depends on the tendency of the female producing X-sperm to sediment more rapidly than the male-producing Y-sperm, when the sperm are rendered immotile by cooling to 1° C and then allowed to sink under the influence of gravity for 12 h through a column of a viscous egg yolk medium. This communication describes briefly the results of experiments designed to examine the applicability of Bhattacharya's technique to cattle.

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  1. Agricultural Research Council Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge

    B. C. BHATTACHARYA, A. D. BANGHAM, R. J. CRO & R. D. KEYNES

  2. Agricultural Research Council Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Biochemistry, Cambridge

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BHATTACHARYA, B., BANGHAM, A., CRO, R. et al. An Attempt to predetermine the Sex of Calves by Artificial Insemination with Spermatozoa separated by Sedimentation. Nature 211, 863 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211863a0

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