Rapid sex identification of chicken by fluorescence in situ hybridization using a W chromosome-specific DNA probe

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1531-1535

  Sohn, S H ^a   Lee, C Y ^a   Ryu, E K ^a   Han, J Y ^a,b   Multani, A S ^a,c   Pathak, S ^a,c  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; FISH; PCR; Sexing; W Chromosome; XhoI family

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036859880     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2002.1531     Document Type: Article

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