Bird sex-typing

  

The Facility has supported the typing of over 150 species of birds.

  

We have assessed the utility of published sex-typing markers (Dawson et al. 2001)  and created a web-based database of the most suitable methods to sex-type different species.

We have recently developed new sex-typing markers which will be published in the near future.

  

References

Dawson DA, Darby S, Hunter FM, Krupa AP, Jones IL and Burke T (2001) A critique of CHD-based molecular sexing protocols illustrated by a Z-chromosome polymorphism detected in auklets (Aves: Alcidae, Laridae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 1, 201-204.