Zoo scientists used two tests to confirm the sex of both cubs. The first test was developed by scientists in China and analyzes a fragment of the zinc finger protein gene. The second test, also using a shorter fragment of the same zinc finger protein gene, was developed by SCBI scientists and veterinarians. They used the second test to verify the results of the initial test.
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How many giant panda are at that Zoo that you would need a paternity analysis to determine the father? My first guess would be the one in the same cage with the female.
The sperm is flown in from other locations...some overseas. She is impregnated artificially. Just hoping the bloodline isn't stretched too thin. One of the cubs was horridly deformed.
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