Highly skewed sex ratios in the critically endangered Taita thrush as revealed by CHD genes

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 869-873

  Lens, L ^a,c   Galbusera, P ^a   Brooks, T ^b,c   Waiyaki, E ^c   Schenck, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

CHD W genes; Conservation genetics; Sex ratio; Taita thrush; Turdus helleri

Indexed keywords

AVES; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS HELLERI;

EID: 0031796655     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008815606931     Document Type: Article

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