Vinod, PSThirumurugaan, KGTANUVASDinakar Raj, GSivaselvam, SN2019-07-062019-07-062016http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810113131TNV_TH_2016_MVM14006Controlling the sex-type of the sperm that is to participate in fertilization, can he an effective approach for sex-selection thereby an approach to improve farm animal economies. The commercial gender selection method uses flow cytometry and is patent protected and necessitates exploration of an alternative methodology. In this context aptamers are novel class of molecules equivalent to antibodies which help in identifying minor phenotype differences between an X- and Y-sperm and enable the capturing and separation of the two populations.enVeterinary ScienceThesis