Use of primers derived from a new sequence of the bovine Y chromosome for sexing Bos taurus and Bos indicus embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1415-1419

  Alves, B C A ^a   Hossepian De Lima, V F M ^b   Teixeira, C M ^a   Moreira Filho, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embryo sexing; PCR; Y specific sequence

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEX DETERMINATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; MALE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); Y CHROMOSOME;

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037354864     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01191-3     Document Type: Article

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