The molecular ecology of the extinct New Zealand Huia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Lambert, David M ^a,b   Shepherd, Lara D ^b   Huynen, Leon ^b   Beans Picón, Gabrielle ^b   Walter, Gimme H ^c   Millar, Craig D ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAK; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUIA; MALE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AVES; HETERALOCHA ACUTIROSTRIS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA PRIMERS; ECOLOGY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 71049158046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008019     Document Type: Article

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