Sex identification of pigs using polymerase chain reaction amplification of the amelogenin gene

Zygote

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-332

  Sembon, Shoichiro ^a   Suzuki, Shun Ichi ^a   Fuchimoto, Dai Ichiro ^a   Iwamoto, Masaki ^b   Kawarasaki, Tatsuo ^c   Onishi, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Prime Tech Ltd   (Japan)

^c Shizuoka Swine and Poultry Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; Embryo; PCR; Porcine; Sexing

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMELOGENIN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

BOS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 56049098779     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199408004826     Document Type: Article

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