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Sex determination in ten crane species by DNA marker EE0.6

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Using a unique DNA sequence of W-chromosome EE0.6, we carried out molecular sex determination in 383 individuals of ten species of cranes (Grus grus L., G. leucogeranus Pallas, G. japonensis Muller, G. vipio Pallas, G. canadensis L., G. antigone L., G. monacha Temminck, Anthropoides virgo L., Balearica regulorum Bennett, and B. pavonia L.) kept in zoos and other centers of captive breeding. In 211 birds, sex was determined or verified for the first time. The efficiency of using the sex marker EE0.6 for chicks and immature and adult cranes of different species, as well as for interspecific hybrids was shown.

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  1. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    E. A. Mudrik, E. A. Gamburg & D. V. Politov

  2. Crane Breeding Center, Oka State Nature Reserve, pos. Brykin Bor, Ryazan oblast, 391072, Russia

    T. A. Kashentseva

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Mudrik, T.A. Kashentseva, E.A. Gamburg, D.V. Politov, 2013, published in Genetika, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 12, pp. 1436–1439.

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Mudrik, E.A., Kashentseva, T.A., Gamburg, E.A. et al. Sex determination in ten crane species by DNA marker EE0.6. Russ J Genet 49, 1254–1257 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795413120065

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