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Specific amplification of the ZFY gene to screen sex in man
C Ebensperger1, R Studer, J T Epplen
1Institut für Humangenetik und Anthropologie der Universität, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Human Genetics
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
Using the polymerase chain reaction, a sequence comprising 400bp of the human ZFY gene was amplified specifically in the male. The method allows detection of the presence of the ZFY gene in the order of 1:10(4) cells.