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The sex ratio of normal and manipulated human sperm quantitated by the polymerase chain reaction.

OBJECTIVE: To establish the primary sex ratio, the relative abundance of X and Y chromosome-bearing sperm, in unselected sperm and in sperm selected by swim-up or Sephadex filtration (SpermPrep column; Fertility Technologies, Inc., Natick, MA). This was done to evaluate the possibility that these semen manipulations change the primary sex ratio. DESIGN: Ninety-eight unmanipulated semen samples were analyzed for sex chromosome content using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A smaller number of samples was analyzed before and after either swim-up or Sephadex filtration. RESULTS: The mean percentage of all sex chromosomes identified as a Y chromosome in unmanipulated semen samples ranged from 41.9% to 56.7%, with a mean average of 50.3%. There was no significant change in sex chromosome composition after either swim-up (n = 17) or column filtration (n = 20). CONCLUSIONS: The chromosome compositions of semen samples from a large number of men have equal numbers of X and Y. Swim-up and SpermPrep filtration do not appear to alter the primary sex ratio.[1]

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  1. The sex ratio of normal and manipulated human sperm quantitated by the polymerase chain reaction. Lobel, S.M., Pomponio, R.J., Mutter, G.L. Fertil. Steril. (1993) [Pubmed]
 
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