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Sex Differences in Mouse Hippocampal Astrocytes after In-Vitro Ischemia
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2016
Astrocytes are one of the most important key players in the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we are reporting a practical method of sexed hippocampal astrocyte culture protocol in order to study the mechanisms underlying the astrocyte function in male and female neonate pups after in-vitro ischemia.
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Sex Stratified Neuronal Cultures to Study Ischemic Cell Death Pathways
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2013
Primary disassociated embryonic hippocampal neuronal cultures are useful for investigating the signaling mechanisms involved in neuron death. Sexing the embryos before the isolation and dissociation of the hippocampus allows the preparation of separate male and female cultures, which enables the researcher to identify and investigate sex-specific cell signaling.
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Sex-linked Disorders
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2026
Like autosomes, sex chromosomes contain a variety of genes necessary for normal body function. When a mutation in one of these genes results in biological deficits, the disorder is considered sex-linked.Y chromosome mutations are called “Y-linked” and only affect males since they alone carry a copy of that chromosome. Mutations to the relatively small Y chromosome can impact male sexual function and secondary sex characteristics. Y-chromosome infertility is a disorder that affects sperm...
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Who is Who? Non-invasive Methods to Individually Sex and Mark Altricial Chicks
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2014
This protocol provides a convenient set of methods, which enables extremely fast, easy, non-invasive, reliable and low-cost, molecular sex determination of birds and their non-invasive, quick, safe and easily recognizable marking shortly after hatching. Only limited handling of chicks is required. This convenient toolbox of methods complies entirely with the RRR-guidelines.
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Volatile Sex Pheromone Extraction and Chemoattraction Assay in Caenorhabditis elegans
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2024
This protocol establishes methods for extracting and quantifying responses to the volatile sex pheromone in C. elegans, providing tools to study chemical communication and navigation trajectory.
FAQs
These genomic locations are associated with the biological differences that establish sex, so sequence variation can provide a molecular signal even when appearance is uninformative. Depending on the marker design, PCR may reveal a sex-specific band pattern or distinguish alternative alleles. This linkage makes the result useful for inheritance and sex-determination studies.
A marker should be tested in the target species rather than assumed transferable from another organism. Researchers also need to examine relevant populations and developmental stages. This validation establishes whether observed PCR bands or allele differences consistently correspond to sex. Without that step, a technically clear result could be misleading in population surveys or breeding decisions.
Electrophoresis separates amplified DNA products so researchers can compare the resulting bands among samples. A sex-specific band pattern or allele difference is then assigned to one sex only when the marker has been validated for the study system. This interpretation converts a molecular pattern into sex information and supports analyses of inheritance, population structure, or development.
Researchers analyze DNA sequences associated with sex chromosomes or sex-determining regions, use PCR to amplify the selected marker, and separate the products by electrophoresis. The resulting bands or alleles are compared with the validated sex-associated pattern. This workflow allows sex identification from molecular data when external characteristics cannot provide a dependable observation.
They are valuable when researchers must determine sex for breeding programs, wildlife management, or conservation genetics, particularly when external traits are absent, ambiguous, or difficult to observe. The resulting sex assignments can support studies of population structure and inheritance, while also helping researchers examine sex determination and development in biological populations.
Marker performance should be checked across developmental stages because a result considered reliable in one stage may not automatically be established in another. Including stage in validation helps researchers judge whether the sex-associated DNA pattern remains suitable for the organisms and samples being studied. This is important when comparing development or assigning sex early in a study.