I doubt that you could get the oligos to hybridize while retaining
viability. I keep hearing that there are X- and/or Y-specific surface
antigens, which would be ideal. Larry Johnson of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture probably knows more about sex selection by sperm sorting than
anybody else. Some references from a few years back are:
Cran DG, Johnson LA, Miller NG, Cochrane D, Polge C: Production of bovine
calves following separation of X- and Y-chromosome bearing sperm and in
vitro fertilisation. Vet Rec 132:40-1, 1993
Hendriksen PJ, Tieman M, Van der Lende T, Johnson LA: Binding of anti-H-Y
monoclonal antibodies to separated X and Y chromosome-bearing porcine and
bovine sperm. Mol Reprod Dev 35:189-96, 1993
-Howard
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