A comparison of field and molecular techniques for sexing beavers

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1805-1807

  Crawford, Joanne C ^a,c   Liu, Zhiwei ^a   Nelson, Thomas A ^a   Nielsen, Clayton K ^b   Bloomquist, Craig K ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Castor canadensis; Palpation; Sex determination; Sex determining region (SRY); Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE;

EID: 56649086428     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-375     Document Type: Article

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