Y/X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm Shows Elevated Ratio in the Left but Not the Right Testes in Healthy Mice
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Prediction for Y:X Balance between the Left and the Right Testes
2.2. Experimental Mice
2.3. Sperm Cell Isolation and Staining
2.4. Flow Cytometry
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. X-miRNAs Showed Significantly Lower Expression in the Left Testis
3.2. The Y:X Ratio Was Elevated in the Left Testis but Balanced in the Right Testis
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Hu, C.; Shi, J.; Chi, Y.; Yang, J.; Cui, Q. Y/X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm Shows Elevated Ratio in the Left but Not the Right Testes in Healthy Mice. Life 2021, 11, 1219. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11111219
Hu C, Shi J, Chi Y, Yang J, Cui Q. Y/X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm Shows Elevated Ratio in the Left but Not the Right Testes in Healthy Mice. Life. 2021; 11(11):1219. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11111219
Chicago/Turabian StyleHu, Chengqing, Jiangcheng Shi, Yujing Chi, Jichun Yang, and Qinghua Cui. 2021. "Y/X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm Shows Elevated Ratio in the Left but Not the Right Testes in Healthy Mice" Life 11, no. 11: 1219. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11111219