# US 11,306,365 B1 · Molecular marker C42257 for rapidly identifying genetic sex of Marsupenaeus japonicus and applications thereof

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- Number: US 11,306,365 B1
- Document ID: US11306365B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 17/465,825
- Filed: 2021-09-02
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2021-07-07
- Assignees: Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
- Applicants: Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
- Inventors: Xianyun Ren; Jianjian Lv; Weikang Lan; Ling Jin; Ping Liu; Jian Li
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306365B1

## CPC

- C12Q 1/6879: for sex determination
- C12Q 1/6888: for detection or identification of organisms
- C12Q 2600/124: Animal traits, i.e. production traits, including athletic performance or the like
- Y02A 40/81: Aquaculture, e.g. of fish
- C12Q: MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS (immunoassay G01N33/53); COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

## Abstract

The present invention provides a molecular marker C42257 for rapidly identifying genetic sex of Marsupenaeus japonicus and applications thereof. The nucleotide sequence of the molecular marker C42257 is shown in SEQ ID NO:1. The nucleotide sequences of the primer pair of molecular marker C42257 used for detection are C42257F: GGGGGACAA ACAGAGACA (SEQ ID NO: 2) and C42257R: ATCGGGGTGGATTTAGAA (SEQ ID NO: 3), respectively. The molecular marker C42257 is not affected by the tissue specificity of M. japonicus and the environment, and the steps are simple and the results are obvious. The genomic DNA of M. japonicus and the primer pair are subjected to PCR reaction and electrophoresis detection. If a target band appears at 183 bp, it is a female M. japonicus. The molecular marker can also promote the establishment of the seedling breeding technology of all-female or high-female-ratio M. japonicus. Therefore, it has a broad application prospect.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for identifying the genetic sex of Marsupenaeus japonicus, comprising the following steps:
(1) synthesizing a primer pair C42257F and C42257R having the following nucleotide sequences:
C42257F: GGGGGACAAACAGAGACA (SEQ ID NO:2);
C42257R: ATCGGGGTGGATTTAGAA (SEQ ID NO:3);
(2) extracting genomic DNA from Marsupenaeus japonicus samples;
(3) performing PCR amplification with the primer pair C42257F and C42257R using the genomic DNA extracted in step (2) as a template, to obtain PCR amplification products; and
(4) performing agarose gel electrophoresis on the PCR amplification product and observing the electrophoresis maps; if a target band of amplification appears at 183 bp in the electrophoresis map, Penaeus japonicus is female, and if no target band of amplification appears at 183 bp in the electrophoresis map, Penaeus japonicus is male.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the PCR amplification reaction conditions in the step (3) are as follows: 94° C., 3 min; 94° C., 30 s, 55° C., 30 s, 72° C., 30 s, repeating 32 cycles; 72° C., 10 min.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the PCR amplification reaction system in the step (3) is: 1 μL of genomic DNA, 5.0 μL of Mix1, 0.2 μL of each of upstream and downstream primers, and sterilized water added to 10 μL.