Sexing of Hair Sheath Cells Using Y-Chromosome Fluorescence

✍ Scribed by L.A. King; Rosemary Wigmore

• Book ID: 104119293
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 991 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0015-7368
• DOI: 10.1016/s0015-7368(80)71353-1

✦ Synopsis

The reliability oJ' identzfying 1'-bodies in hair sheath cells has been examined by two blind trials and two operators. Ninety percent of hairs from males showed a Y-cell index greater than 25% whereas all hairs from females had a Y-cell index of less than 20%.