PCR-based sex test for Xiphophorus maculatus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 218-222

  Coughlan, T ^a   Schartl, M ^b   Hornung, U ^b   Hope, I ^a   Stewart, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Lehrstuhl Physiologische Chemie 1   (Germany)

Author keywords

PCR; Platyfish; Sex determination; Xiphophorus maculatus

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FISH GENETICS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME;

XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 0032897538     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0852     Document Type: Article

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