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A non-repetitive genomic DNA region of about 25 kb was cloned from the W chromosome of chicken using a genomic library prepared from a single W chromosome of the chicken. This region was mapped by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with mitotic and lampbrush chromosomes to a position between the major EcoRI family and the pericentromeric XhoI family on the W chromosome. A 0.6-kb EcoRI fragment(EE0.6) subcloned from this region consists of a sequence that can be obtained by the exon-trapping procedure and flanking sequences. Sequences, which are closely similar to that of EE0.6, are widely conserved on the W chromosomes of Carinatae birds, as revealed by Southern blot hybridization to HindIII-digested female and male genomic DNAs from 18 species of birds belonging to eight different taxonomic orders. The female sex of those birds can be determined by the presence of an unambiguous female-specific band. For many species of birds, the female sex can also be determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using a set of primers from the flanking sequences in the chicken EE0.6.
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Ogawa, A., Solovei, I., Hutchison, N. et al. Molecular characterization and cytological mapping of a non-repetitive DNA sequence region from the W chromosome of chicken and its use as a universal probe for sexing Carinatae birds. Chromosome Res 5, 93–101 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018461906913
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