Activation of Toll-like receptor 7/8 encoded by the X chromosome alters sperm motility and provides a novel simple technology for sexing sperm

• Takashi Umehara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

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• Natsumi Tsujita,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

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• Masayuki Shimada

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mashimad@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6500-2088

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