Sorted by centrifuge due to weight differences caused "by the amount of that extra
arm?" That's the stupidest thing I've ever read. References?
Rich Ulrich wrote:
> <snip> Prior to artificial insemination, sperm can be sorted by
> weight in a centrifuge, since sperm with Y-chromosomes generally
> weigh less than the X-chromosomes, by the amount of that extra arm.
> (It was not in that article, but I think I have read that there can be
> 70-80% success by that method.)
>
> --
> Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html
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