Fast sex identification in wild mammals using PCR amplification of the Sry gene

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-274

  Bryja, Josef ^a   Konečný, Adam ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DNA extraction; Population screening; Rodentia; Sex identification; Sry gene; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION;

APODEMUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MUS; MYOTIS MYOTIS; RODENTIA; SCIURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0142091382     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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