Analysis of five Duchenne muscular dystrophy exons and gender determination using conventional duplex polymerase chain reaction on single cells

Nicole D.Hussey1,6, Hu Donggui1,3, David A.H.Froiland1, Damian J.Hussey2, Eric A.Haan4, Colin D.Matthews1 and Jamie E.Craig5 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and 2Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville 5011, South Australia, Australia, 3Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The 2nd People’s Hospital, Guangzhou, 510150, People’s Republic of China and 4South Australian Clinical Genetics Service, The Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, 5006, South Australia 5Present address: Centre for Eye Research Australia, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, 3002, Victoria, Australia 6To whom correspondance should be addressed