doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2017.498-504
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Article history: Received: 03-01-2017, Accepted: 15-03-2017, Published online: 09-05-2017
Corresponding author: Suresh Kumar Singla
E-mail: singlasuresh@yahoo.com
Citation: Yadav SK, Gangwar DK, Singh J, Tikadar CK, Khanna VV, Saini S, Dholpuria S, Palta P, Manik RS, Singh MK, Singla SK (2017) An immunological approach of sperm sexing and different methods for identification of X- and Y-chromosome bearing sperm, Veterinary World, 10(5): 498-504.Keywords: differentially expressed proteins, H-Y antigen, sex specific proteins, sperm identification, sperm sexing.
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