Gender determination in single bovine blastomeres by polymerase chain reaction amplification of sex-specific polymorphic fragments in the amelogenin gene

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-214

  Chen, C M ^a   Hu, C L ^b   Wang, C H ^b   Hung, C M ^c   Wu, H K ^b   Choo, K B ^d   Cheng, W T K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amelogenin gene; Bovine blastomere; Gender determination; Single cell PCR

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION;

AMELOGENIN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOMERES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTRONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032844739     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199911)54:3<209::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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