Sex identification in the moorhen (gallinula chloropus) by flow cytometry and morphometric analysis

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Cucco, Marco ^a   Lingua, Guido ^a   Bocchio, Daniela ^a   Acquarone, Camilla ^a   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Moorhens; Morphometry; Sex identification

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MORPHOMETRY; SEX DETERMINATION;

GALLINULA CHLOROPUS;

EID: 0032825984     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009909356229     Document Type: Article

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