%0 Journal Article
%T Sex determination of Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) by molecular sexing
%A Claudio Verdugo
%A Elena Campos
%A Joana Micael
%A Pedro Rodrigues
%J Avian Biology Research
%@ 1758-1567
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1758155919832130
%X Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) is a monomorphic species widely distributed along the American Continent. We used a rapid and efficient molecular technique centred on the chromo-helicase-DNA-binding gene in order to differentiate male and female sex chromosomes based on the size of introns. Males presented a Z chromosome with a single band of 664 base pairs, and females presented the same band plus a shortest one corresponding to the W chromosome with 459 base pairs
%K Neotropic cormorant
%K Phalacrocorax brasilianus
%K molecular sexing
%K gender
%K CHD1 marker
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1758155919832130