prenatal sex determination using amplification of y-specific sequences in maternal plasma
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background: fetal dna has been found in maternal plasma. diagnosis of fetal gender using maternal plasma has been attempted in an effort to develop a new noninvasive method of prenatal diagnosis. methods: we extracted dna from plasma of 30 pregnant woman, three men, three non-pregnant women, and performed a sensitive y-pcr assay to detect circulating male fetal dna from women bearing male fetuses. fetus-derived y sequences were detected using 40 cycles of pcr carried out for each dna extract. the pcr products were analyzed by 8% acrylamide gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide staining, and the results were compared after delivery. findings:y sequences were detected in three control men and 14 pregnant woman who had a male fetus. two samples from an eleven weeks and 19 weeks women bearing male fetuses gave negative result. none of 8 woman bearing female fetuses and none of the three non-pregnant control women gave a positive y signal. in one sample from a 12 weeks woman bearing female fetus y sequences was detected. interpretation: conventional pcr analysis of maternal plasma can be used to diagnose fetal gender after 19 weeks. prenatal sex determination befor 15 weeks needs more sensitive methods such as quantitative pcr.
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comparative in silico study of sex-determining region y (sry) protein sequences involved in sex-determining
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