Abstract:Gender identification in bird is important for both conservation program and forensic investigation. Since many bird species exhibit sexual monomorphism, this could lead to fraudulent cases in related communities. PCRbased techniques are the current standards for avian gender identification. Most assays target the specific introns of the chromo-helicase DNA binding gene (CHD) on sex chromosomes, which generate different fragment sizes on agarose gel electrophoresis. In this study, we validated four primer sets… Show more
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