Abstract
A qPCR assay was developed to measure expression of male-specific vitelline coat lysin (VCL) and female-specific vitelline envelop receptor for lysin (VERL) in the mantle of Mytilus edulis, the common mussel. The ability of the method to correctly assign sex was validated by a combination of histology and a previously developed end-point RT–PCR for these transcripts (Hines et al. 2007).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 639-646 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Marine Biology |
Volume | 157 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |