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JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
Volume 62, Issue 10, Pages 1109-1110Publisher
JAPAN SOC VET SCI
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.62.1109
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amelogenin; equine sex-determination; SRY
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A quick method for sex determination of horses was developed. Simultaneous amplification of the equine sex-determining region of the Y chromosome gene (SRY) and amelogenin gene (AMEL) accomplished the determination of the presence of both the Y chromosome and SRY gene. In agarose gel electrophoresis, a normal stallion showed 1 SRY band and 3 AMEL (AMELX, AMELY, and AMELX/AMELY heteroduplex) bands, and a normal mare showed a single AMELX band. In XY-mares, 3 AMEL bands were detected as in a normal stallion, but no SRY band. The present method enables a quick diagnosis for XY-mare prior to cytogenetic analysis.
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