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.

From: Molecular sexing and preliminary assessment of population sex ratio of the endangered Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) in Peninsular Malaysia

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*

—

Hair

TAP19*

—

Hair

TAP20*

—

Hair

TAP21*

F

Hair

TAP22*

F

Hair

TAP38*

—

Tissue

TAP39*

—

Tissue

TAP72*

—

Tissue

TAP100*

M

DBS

  1. M – male; F – female; DBS – dried blood spot.
  2. *Sex-identified in fragment analysis; others were sex-identified based on banding patterns on agarose gel.