A simpler way to choose the sex of offspring by separating X and Y sperm

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Aug 13, 2019, 2:00 pm195 pts
A simple, reversible chemical treatment can segregate X-bearing sperm from Y-bearing sperm, allowing dramatic alteration of the normal 50/50 male/female offspring ratio, according to a new study by Masayuki Shimada and colleagues at Hiroshima University, published on August 13 in the open-access journal PLOS…

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