Fetal gender determination in early first trimester pregnancies of rhesus monkeys (<i>Macaca mulatta</i>) by fluorescent PCR analysis of maternal serum

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Non-human primate fetal gender determination can be a powerful tool for research study design and colony management purposes. The recent discovery of the presence of fetal DNA in maternal serum has offered a new non-invasive approach for identification of fetal gender. We present a rapid and simple method for the sexing of developing rhesus monkeys in the first trimester by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...

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