Application of a PCR-based approach to identify sex in Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidinae)

Author:

Jarvi, Susan I., Banko, Paul C.

Title:

Application of a PCR-based approach to identify sex in Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidinae)

Periodical:

Pacific Conservation Biology

Year:

2000

Volume:

6

Pages:

14-17

Subject:

Palila Loxioides bailleui Iiwi Vestiaria coccinea Hawaii Amakihi Hemignathus virens Apapane Himatione sanguinea sanguinea Birds sexing Endangered species

Summary:

This document discusses factors that are contributing to the decline and extinction of the Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidinae). As a result, a method that was used to determine the sex of these birds via the use of a Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based technique. It is believed that this technique that can be applied to at least four species of the honeycreepers, would provide a rapid and reliable method in which to optimize sex ratios within populations of endangered species that are subject to artificial manipulation through captive breeding programmes or geographic translocation.

Label:

Birds - General

Collection:

Periodicals