A Genetic Method for Sex Identification of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) with Using the ZFX and ZFY Genes

A genetic method for sex determination in raccoons was developed based on nucleotide differences of the zinc finger protein genes ZFX and ZFY. Four novel internal primers specific for ZFX or ZFY were designed. PCR amplification using two primer sets followed by agarose gel electrophoresis enabled se...

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Autores principales: OKUYAMA, Minami W., SHIMOZURU, Michito, TSUBOTA, Toshio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2014
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Wildlife Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24451927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.13-0577
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author OKUYAMA, Minami W.
SHIMOZURU, Michito
TSUBOTA, Toshio
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description A genetic method for sex determination in raccoons was developed based on nucleotide differences of the zinc finger protein genes ZFX and ZFY. Four novel internal primers specific for ZFX or ZFY were designed. PCR amplification using two primer sets followed by agarose gel electrophoresis enabled sex determination. 141-bp and 447-bp bands were in both sex, and 346-bp band was specific only in male with primer set I. 345-bp and 447-bp bands were in both sex, and 141-bp band was specific only in male with primer set II, which could distinguish raccoon’s electrophoresis pattern from three native carnivores in Hokkaido. This method will be useful for conservation genetics studies or biological analyses of raccoons.
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spelling pubmed-40733512014-06-27 A Genetic Method for Sex Identification of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) with Using the ZFX and ZFY Genes OKUYAMA, Minami W. SHIMOZURU, Michito TSUBOTA, Toshio J Vet Med Sci Wildlife Science A genetic method for sex determination in raccoons was developed based on nucleotide differences of the zinc finger protein genes ZFX and ZFY. Four novel internal primers specific for ZFX or ZFY were designed. PCR amplification using two primer sets followed by agarose gel electrophoresis enabled sex determination. 141-bp and 447-bp bands were in both sex, and 346-bp band was specific only in male with primer set I. 345-bp and 447-bp bands were in both sex, and 141-bp band was specific only in male with primer set II, which could distinguish raccoon’s electrophoresis pattern from three native carnivores in Hokkaido. This method will be useful for conservation genetics studies or biological analyses of raccoons. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2014-01-23 2014-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4073351/ /pubmed/24451927 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.13-0577 Text en ©2014 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.
spellingShingle Wildlife Science
OKUYAMA, Minami W.
SHIMOZURU, Michito
TSUBOTA, Toshio
A Genetic Method for Sex Identification of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) with Using the ZFX and ZFY Genes
title A Genetic Method for Sex Identification of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) with Using the ZFX and ZFY Genes
title_full A Genetic Method for Sex Identification of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) with Using the ZFX and ZFY Genes
title_fullStr A Genetic Method for Sex Identification of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) with Using the ZFX and ZFY Genes
title_full_unstemmed A Genetic Method for Sex Identification of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) with Using the ZFX and ZFY Genes
title_short A Genetic Method for Sex Identification of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) with Using the ZFX and ZFY Genes
title_sort genetic method for sex identification of raccoons (procyon lotor) with using the zfx and zfy genes
topic Wildlife Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24451927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.13-0577
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