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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Choy L Hew, Thornhill, CA;
Shao J Du, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
A/F Protein, Inc., W. Newton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ; C07H / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 911 ; 435 912 ; 435270 ; 435810 ; 536 231 ; 536 2351 ; 536 2431 ; 536 2433 ; 935-9 ; 935 76 ; 935 77 ; 935 80 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for determining the genomic sex of various salmonids (family salmonidae). In particular, the invention provides the nucleic acid sequence of a pseudogene, designated GH-.PSI., which is linked to a sex determining locus on the Y chromosome, and may be used as a marker for determination of the sex of the fish.