Application of a PCR-based approach to identify sex in Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidinae)
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The application of molecular techniques to conservation genetics issues can provide important guidance criteria for management of endangered species. The results from this study establish that PCR-based approaches for sex determination developed in other bird species (Griffiths and Tiwari 1995; Griffiths et al. 1996, 1998; Ellegren 1996) can be applied with a high degree of confidence to at least four species of Hawaiian honeycreepers. This provides a rapid, reliable method with which population managers can optimize sex ratios within populations of endangered species that are subject to artificial manipulation through captive breeding programmes or geographic translocation.
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2019 ◽
Vol 12
(9)
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pp. 1506-1513
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2013 ◽
Vol 40
(No. 2)
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pp. 65-71
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