Application of two complementary molecular sexing methods for east Asian bird species

Genes and Genomics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 365-372

  Lee, Mu Yeong ^a   Hong, Yoon Jee ^a   Park, Sun Kyung ^a   Kim, Young Jun ^a   Choi, Tae Young ^b   Lee, Hang ^a   Min, Mi Sook ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Birds; Chromo Helicase DNA binding (CHD) gene; Sex identification

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 51749092615     PISSN: 19769571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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