The use of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) in the isolation of sex-specific markers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 671-674

  Griffiths, Richard ^a   Orr, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFLP; Avian; Phalacrocorax aristotelis; Sex identification; Struthio camelus; W chromosome

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0033118911     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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