Article
Detection of leucochimaerism in bovine twins by DNA fingerprinting.
Animal genetics - 1 Jan 1992
Plante Y, Schmutz S M, Lang K D, Moker J S
Abstract excerpt
Karyotyping and hypervariable genetic markers indicate extensive leucochimaerism between pairs of dizygotic twins in cattle, a result of placental vascular anastomosis. The extent of this chimaerism includes both kind and number of cells exchanged. All heterosexual twin pairs harboured two types of leucocytes, having either XX or XY chromosome pairs, and 30 of 31 pairs of twins shared identical DNA fingerprints....
Topics
- Animals
- Cattle
- Chimera
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Female
- Genotype
- Karyotyping
- Leukocytes
- Male
- Pedigree
- Twins, Dizygotic
- X Chromosome
- Y Chromosome