ZFX and ZFY gene sequences: use for molecular sexing European rabbits, European brown hares and mountain hares and perspectives for sex determination of other leporid species

• Main Authors: Fontanesi, L., Tazzoli, M., Robinson, T. J., Russo, V., Pecchioli, Elena, Hauffe, Heidi Christine
• Other Authors: Pecchioli, E., Hauffe, H.C., Robinson, T.J.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Sex determination; ZFX; ZFY; Leporidae; The ''Y''; Lepus timidus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/20547; http://world-rabbit-science.com/WRSA-Proceedings/Congress-2008-Verona/Papers/G-Fontanesi2.pdf

We have developed a new molecular sexing method for three leporid species (Oryctolagus cuniculus, Lepus europaeus and Lepus timidus) based on the analysis by PCR-RFLP of point mutations that differentiate the ZFX and ZFY gene sequences. Polymorphic positions on the X and Y chromosomes of male sample...