Table 1 Sex-identification of 18 Malayan tapirs of unknown sex by co-amplification of sex-determining region Y (SRY) and zinc finger (ZF) genes. Only bands or peak patterns that were consistent in two out of three trials of polymerase chain reactions were accepted for sex-typing a sample.
Sample | Sex | Source |
|---|---|---|
TAP07 | F | DBS |
TAP12 | F | DBS |
TAP62 | F | Tissue |
TAP63 | F | Tissue |
TAP66 | F | DBS |
TAP70 | M | Tissue |
TAP99 | M | DBS |
TAP108 | F | DBS |
TAP17* | M | Hair |
TAP18* | ā | Hair |
TAP19* | ā | Hair |
TAP20* | ā | Hair |
TAP21* | F | Hair |
TAP22* | F | Hair |
TAP38* | ā | Tissue |
TAP39* | ā | Tissue |
TAP72* | ā | Tissue |
TAP100* | M | DBS |