A genotyping assay to determine plumage morph in the white-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1330-1335

  Michopoulos, Vasiliki ^a   Maney, Donna L ^a   Morehouse, Caroline B ^b   Thomas, James W ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Color morph; DNA test; Plumage morph; Polymorphism; White throated Sparrow; Zonotrichia albicollis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHROMOSOME; COLOR MORPH; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 36448962324     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1330:AGATDP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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