Predicting the sex of Dovekies by discriminant analysis

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-96

  Jakubas, Dariusz ^a   Wojczulanis, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alle alle; Discriminant function; Dovekie; Genetic analysis; Sex determination; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; SEABIRD; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ARCTIC; HORNSUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALLE; ALLE ALLE; AVES;

EID: 34249983467     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0092:PTSODB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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