The invention provides an auxiliary device and method for sex determination of
Chinese softshell turtle embryos and
juvenile softshell turtles, and the sex of a sample is determined by calculating the length ratio of gonads to middle kidneys and judging whether the ratio is greater than the slope of a sex determination line, and the slope is 0.59 + / -0.01. The device comprises a bottom plate, an upper cover plate, a middle
kidney limiting plate, a homogeneous shaping blade and a fixed string, and assists in sex determination. The bottom plate is used for bearing a
gonad-middle
kidney-adrenal compound, the upper cover plate provides fixing and measuring functions, the middle
kidney position is fixed by the middle kidney limiting plate, redundant tissues are
cut off by the homogeneous modification blade, and the
gonad is kept stable by the fixing string. The method comprises the steps of
sample preparation, fixation, treatment, measurement and sex determination. The gender is determined by measuring the length ratio of
gonad to middle kidney, and the accuracy is verified by combining
slice preparation,
dehydration transparentizing,
dyeing and
microscopic observation. The method is simple in structure, standard in process, suitable for sex screening of embryos and
juvenile soft-shelled turtles of different day ages, and high in efficiency, low in cost and high in applicability.