Method and material for increasing the percentage of mammalian offspring of either sex
First Claim
1. As a new composition, a conjugate of activated solid phase immunoabsorbent material having monospecific malespecific antibodies capable of binding male specific sperm distributed over the surface of said immunoabsorbent material and coupled thereto.
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Abstract
Method, apparatus and material are disclosed for increasing the percentage of mammalian offspring of either sex. The method utilizes a male-specific antibody coupled to a solid-phase immunoabsorbent material to effect a separation of sex-determining spermatazoa derived from a semen suspension. The male-specific antibody selectively binds male-determining spermatazoa. The female-determining spermatazoa are not bound and are recovered directly from the male-specific antibody-coated immunoabsorbent material. The male-determining spermatazoa are recovered from the male-specific antibody-coated immunoabsorbent material after altering the condition thereof to inhibit binding. The apparatus includes a vertical surface comprising beads of immunoabsorbent material over which are distributed male-specific antibodies. The materials are two seminal fluids, one having a substantial preponderance of male-determining spermatazoa, and the other having a substantial preponderance of female-determining spermatazoa.
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- 1. As a new composition, a conjugate of activated solid phase immunoabsorbent material having monospecific malespecific antibodies capable of binding male specific sperm distributed over the surface of said immunoabsorbent material and coupled thereto.
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7. A process for separating male and female determining sperm from native semen which comprises:
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(a) coupling monospecific male specific antibodies to a solid phase immunoabsorbent substrate to form a conjugate, (b) loading a separation column with the monospecific male specific conjugate, (c) passing semen containing male and female determining sperm through the column, (d) separating out the female determining sperm from the column, and (e) separating out the male determining sperm from the column. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. The method of increasing the percentage of mammalian offspring of either sex, comprising the step of selectively separating male-determining spermatazoa by contacting a body of seman with a male specific antibody capable of binding male specific sperm, said antibody being coupled to immunoabsorbent material.
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