%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