Molecular markers contribute to a breeding programme of the extinct-in-the-wild Alagoas Curassow Mitu mitu and confirm the validity of the species

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-126

  Grau, Erwin Tramontini ^a   Pereira, Sérgio Luiz ^a   Silveira, Luís Fábio ^a   Wajntal, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION;

BRAZIL;

ARUNDINARIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MITU; MITU MITU; MITU TUBEROSA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0037590241     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270903003101     Document Type: Article

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