Sexing Greater Flamingo chicks from feather bulb DNA

Balkiz O., Danol S., BARBRAUD C., Tekin S., Oezesmi U., Duendar M., ...Daha Fazla

WATERBIRDS, cilt.30, sa.3, ss.450-453, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0450:sgfcff]2.0.co;2
  • Dergi Adı: WATERBIRDS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.450-453
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Adult Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) are sexually dimorphic, with males being on average larger and heavier than females. However, there is no practical way to sex the chicks by their morphology. Here we describe a method relying on quick and easy DNA extraction from feathers. A PCR test employing primers to amplify introns whose lengths usually differ between the CHD-W and the CHD-Z genes allow sex discrimination. This method is thus a fast, accurate and inexpensive protocol to sex flamingo chicks from feathers bulbs sampled in the field.