Molecular sexing of the houbara bustard, chlamydotis undulata, and other arid-land species

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  D’Aloia, Marie Ann ^a   Griffiths, Richard ^b  

^a National Avian Research Center AbuDhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bustards; Captive breeding; Houbara; Sex identification; Stone Curlew

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION;

CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA;

EID: 0032746583     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.1999.10637780     Document Type: Article

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