%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of the applicability of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to sex identification in Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula)
%A Andrzej Dybus
%A Anna Siemierz
%A Dariusz Wysocki
%A Iwona Szatkowska
%A Magdalena Muszy¨˝ska
%A Sebastian Guenzel
%J Biological Letters
%@ 1734-7467
%D 2009
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10120-009-0009-x
%X Turdus merula is one of most common bird species in Europe. This study verified a method for its sex identification by PCR with P2/P8 primers, based on the CHD1 gene polymorphism, proposed in earlier studies as a universal tool for sex identification in most bird species. Although there are some reports that PCR cannot determine sex in Eurasian blackbirds due to a lack of differences in intron lengths of CHD1-Z and CHD1-W genes, our study showed that such a possibility does exist, so it can contribute to an increased understanding of the biology of this species.
%K CHD1
%K PCR
%K molecular sexing
%K blackbird
%K Turdus merula
%U http://versita.metapress.com/content/41h75557625468j0/?p=71a4c65ce9d542cc9e18377b7a6eb69f&pi=1