
TY  - JOUR
A1  - I. Jarvi, Susan 
A1  - I. Jarvi, Susan 
A1  - C. Banko, Paul 
A1  - C. Banko, Paul 
T1  - Application of a PCR-based approach to identify sex in Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidinae)
JF  - Pacific Conservation Biology
JO  - Pac. Conserv. Biol.
Y1  - 2000
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SP  - 14
EP  - 17
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PC000014 
N2  - 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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