Sex Identification of Turkey Embryos Using a Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 718-721

  D'Costa, S ^a   Petitte, J N ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction; PstI sequence; Sex identification; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE PSTI; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DETERMINATION; TIME; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TIME FACTORS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0032063869     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.5.718     Document Type: Article

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