Genetic evaluation of the mating system in the blue-and-yellow macaw (ara ararauna, aves, psittacidae) by DNA fingerprinting

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-164

  Caparroz, Renato ^a   Miyaki, Cristina Y ^b   Baker, Allan J ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ara ararauna; Breeding behavior; DNA fingerprinting; Monogamy; Psittacidae

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARA ARARAUNA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BROOD PARASITISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOGAMY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN;

ARA ARARAUNA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 79851475872     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572010005000112     Document Type: Article

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