Rapid sexing of murine preimplantation embryos using a nested, multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-267

  Greenlee, Anne R ^a   Krisher, Rebecca L ^a,b   Plotka, Edward D ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Embryo; Mouse; Murine; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Sexing; Single cell diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031913739     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199803)49:3<261::AID-MRD6>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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