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Supported by the South African Medical Research Council, 1987.
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Hodgen, G.D., Burkman, L.J., Coddington, C.C. et al. The Hemizona Assay (HZA): Finding sperm that have the “right stuff”. J Assist Reprod Genet 5, 311–313 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01129564
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