X- and Y-chromosome specific variants of the amelogenin gene allow sex determination in sheep (Ovis aries) and European red deer (Cervus elaphus)

BMC Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pfeiffer, I ^a   Brenig, B ^a  

^a Institute of Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ENAMEL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED DEER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SHEEP; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

AMELOGENIN; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEER; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, X-LINKED; GENES, Y-LINKED; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

EID: 25444463324     PISSN: 14712156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-6-16     Document Type: Article

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