Molecular sexing of the communally breeding pukeko: An important ecological tool

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 289-293

  Millar, C D ^a   Lambert, D M ^a,c   Anderson, S ^a   Halverson, J L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b PE Zoogen Incorporated   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d Zoogen Inc

Author keywords

Avian sex; DNA probes; Pukeko; Sex assignment; Swamphen

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; PORPHYRIO MELANOTUS; PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA PROBE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA; DNA PROBES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030117711     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00316.x     Document Type: Article

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