Y-chromasome

From: Glenn Paradis (gap@MIT.EDU)
Date: Wed Jul 19 2000 - 17:03:56 EST


Hi Everyone,

I have a researcher who has an interesting question that I do not have an
answer for.  I was hoping someone could help since at this moment I just do
not have the time to go do the research. He is not on the Cytometry Mailing
List so please email him directly at

Bernardo Trigatti <bltrigat@MIT.EDU> .

Thanks,

Glenn
MIT



My question is whether I can make use of the possibility of transfering
male bone marrow into lethally irradiated female mice (bone marroy ablated)
to detect donor (male) bone marrow derived cells in the female recipients.
The reason that I would like to do this is to have a way of monitoring the
timecourse of repopulation of bone marrow-specifically bone marrow derived
macrophages in the recipient females.  What I want to know is whether there
is any way of detecting
cells containing a Y-chromasome, or any other way of differentiating male
from female cells.

Dino
Bernardo Trigatti, Ph.D.
68-471 Krieger Lab
Biology Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA

Tel: (617) 253-8802
Fax: (617) 258-5851



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