Identification of sex in Cetaceans by multiplexing with three ZFX and ZFY specific primers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-287

  Berube M ^a,b   Palsboll P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Mysticeti; Odontoceti; ZFX; ZFY

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS; MEGAPTERA; MONODON; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PHOCOENIDAE;

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZFY PROTEIN, HUMAN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN, X LINKED; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN, X-LINKED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CETACEA; ECOSYSTEM; EXON; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CETACEA; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WHALES;

EID: 0030117766     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00315.x     Document Type: Article

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