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Human Reproduction Update, Vol.2, No.4 pp.355-363, 1996
© European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology 1996; all rights reserved

The predetermination of embryonic sex using flow cytometrically separated X and Y spermatozoa

DG Cran0,1 and LA Johnson2

0 Mastercalf Limited, Scottish Agricultural College, Parkhead, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9TN, UK 2 Germplasm and Gamete Physiology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA 1 Corresponding author

Abstract

A review is given of the predetermination of sex in various domestic animals and in the human using sperm samples enriched for X- and Y-chromosome bearing spermatozoa obtained by flow cytometry and cell sorting. A comparison of other putative methods of sperm separation is made. In separating human X and Y spermatozoa, measurements of the DNA content in each individual gamete using the Hoechst fluorochrome 33342 remains the only validated method. The difference in DNA content between human X and Y spermatozoa is 2.8%, and cell sorters have been adapted to take account of this and the asymmetrical nature of the sperm head. DNA analyses and PCR have been used to validate the method for animal spermatozoa. In the human, fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) has confirmed sorting accuracy. Many correctly-diagnosed normal offspring have been born in various animal species and any potential mutagenic or cytotoxic effects are being closely monitored as are the cost and efficiency of the technology.

Keywords: DNA contents/flow cytometry/human/sexing/spermatozoa


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