The use of quantitative polymerase chain reaction amplification method to determine sex ratio of human spermatozoa in semen and to determine maternal contamination of amniotic fluid samples

We have modified a technique which uses a single pair of primer sets directed against homologous but distinct genes on the X and Y chromosomes, all of which are coamplified in the same reaction tube with trace amounts of radioactivity. The resulting bands are equal in length, yet distinguishable by...

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Main Author: Amengual, Jennie
Format: Others
Published: FIU Digital Commons 1996
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Online Access:http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1278