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A PCR-based method for sex identification in Hippopotamus amphibius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Richard Beckwitt --- Department of Biology, Framingham State College, U.S.A. Jennifer Shea --- Department of Biology, Framingham State College, U.S.A. Deirdre Osborne --- Department of Biology, Framingham State College, U.S.A. Stephen Krueger --- The Toledo Zoo, U.S.A. William Barklow --- Department of Biology, Framingham State College, U.S.A.Identification of the sex of aquatic mammals such as the hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is difficult in the field. We have developed a PCR-based method for sex identification in the hippopotamus. This method amplifies a short fragment of the ZFX and...