Gender determination of the Linne's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) using SRY amplified from hair

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1157-1159

  Murata, Koichi ^a   Masuda, Ryuichi ^b  

^a Kobe Municipal Oji Zoo   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA; Sex determination; Sloth; SRY gene; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

CHOLOEPUS DIDACTYLUS; EDENTATA; MAMMALIA; MEGALONYCHIDAE;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; SRY PROTEIN, HUMAN; SRY PROTEIN, MOUSE; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOCA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SLOTH; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SLOTHS; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030345849     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.58.12_1157     Document Type: Article

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