Identification of the sex determination region and the development of a marker to distinguish males and females in megai abalone (Haliotis gigantea) by Taito Kina, Motoyuki Hara, Shotaro Hirase, Kiyoshi Kikuchi

“…In the divergent region, male-specific SNPs were identified but no female-specific SNPs were detected, indicating that this species has an XX-XY sex determination system. By exploring Indel polymorphisms in the divergent region, we successfully developed a codominant PCR marker for sex identification that could be applied to wild individuals from geographically distant locations. …”
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