Sex determination of parrots Amazona a. aestiva and Amazona amazonica using the polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-219

  De Mattos, Keiko Kusamura ^a,b   Del Lama, Sílvia Nassif ^a   Salles, Ana Rita Cherman ^a   Francisco, Mercival Roberto ^a   Medaglia, Adriana ^a   Tomasulo, Alessandra Moreira ^a   Carmo, Fausto Moreira Silva ^a   Pereira, Jairo Marques Campos ^a   De Oliveira, Marcos Antônio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b Depto de Genet e Evolucao   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA AMAZONICA; BIRD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032526390     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980615)281:3<217::AID-JEZ7>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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