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A novel method for determining sex in late term gestational mice based on the external genitalia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Murdaugh Laura B, Mendoza-Romero Haley N, Fish Eric W, Parnell Scott E
Abstract excerpt
In many experiments using fetal mice, it is necessary to determine the sex of the individual fetus. However, other than genotyping for sex-specific genes, there is no convenient, reliable method of sexing mice between gestational day (GD) 16.5 and GD 18.0. We designed a rapid, relatively simple visual method to determine the sex of mouse fetuses in the GD 16.5-GD 18.0 range that can be performed as part of a...
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