An evaluation of CHD-specific primer sets for sex typing of birds from feathers

Zoo Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-69

  Ong, Alan H K ^a   Vellayan, Subramaniam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^b ZOO Negara Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Molecular bird sexing; NaOH boiling method; ZW intron regions

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 40949093085     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20163     Document Type: Article

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