Sex identification of owls (family Strigidae) using oligonucleotide microarrays
Journal
Journal of Heredity
Journal Volume
99
Journal Issue
2
Pages
187-192
Date Issued
2008
Author(s)
Abstract
Molecular sexing of the diversified avian family Strigidae is difficult. Sex identification using the intron length difference between W and Z chromosomal CHD1 genes, as visualized by agarose gel electrophoreses, often produces ambiguous results. Here we describe a simple method for sexing a variety of Strigidae species using oligonucleotide microarrays, on which several sex-specific probes operated complementarily or in concert. The sex of 8 owl species was identified clearly on the microarrays through sequence recognition. This sequence-directed method can be easily applied to a wider range of Strigidae species.
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Type
journal article