Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Sex Identification in the Greater Roadrunner

2010 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1395-1399
Author(s):  
CARLOS A. SANTAMARIA ◽  
SAMUEL KELLEY ◽  
GERRAL G. SCHULZ ◽  
DEAN RANSOM ◽  
LUIS A. HURTADO
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
Shao-jie Liang ◽  
Ming-xia Chen ◽  
Chun-qi Gao ◽  
Hui-chao Yan ◽  
Guo-long Zhang ◽  
...  

Sex identification plays an important role in avian production. Hitherto, it is difficult to distinguish the sexes of monomorphic birds based on their external features. The chromo-helicase-DNA-binding genes contain CHD-W gene and CHD-Z gene, which are located on the W chromosome and Z chromosome, respectively. Since CHD-W gene is unique to females, the polymerase chain reaction can be used for sex identification. However, extracting DNA procedures for verifying the sex is tedious and expensive. To address these disadvantages, the objective of this study was to develop a simple DNA extraction assay to efficiently process blood, liver, and feather samples. The results showed that 2% dimethylsulfoxide was suitable for processing blood, and phosphate-buffered saline was suitable for processing liver and feather samples. The specific primers were designed, and the length of the targets is 474 bp on Z chromosome and 319 bp on W chromosome. The pigeons were identified as females based on the presence of two bands on the gel, and as males based on the presence of one band. Taken together, our results suggested that feather samples were more appropriate than blood or liver for sex identification of pigeons. Compared to the traditional DNA extraction, this method shortened the assay time and reduced the cost.


1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-431
Author(s):  
Taku Iida ◽  
Yutaka Nakahori ◽  
Karo Tanaka ◽  
Osamu Tsutsumi ◽  
Yuji Taketani ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Dybus ◽  
Anna Siemierz ◽  
Dariusz Wysocki ◽  
Iwona Szatkowska ◽  
Magdalena Muszyńska ◽  
...  

Evaluation of the applicability of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to sex identification in Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula)Turdus merulais one of most common bird species in Europe. This study verified a method for its sex identification by PCR with P2/P8 primers, based on theCHD1gene polymorphism, proposed in earlier studies as a universal tool for sex identification in most bird species. Although there are some reports that PCR cannot determine sex in Eurasian blackbirds due to a lack of differences in intron lengths ofCHD1-ZandCHD1-Wgenes, our study showed that such a possibility does exist, so it can contribute to an increased understanding of the biology of this species.


1991 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Akane ◽  
Hiroshi Shiono ◽  
Kazuo Matsubara ◽  
Yutaka Nakahori ◽  
Satoko Seki ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1395-1399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Santamaria ◽  
Samuel Kelley ◽  
Gerral G. Schulz ◽  
Dean Ransom ◽  
Luis A. Hurtado

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