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-------Sexually transmitted disease in birds: occurrence and evolutionary significance.
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-------Preservation of avian blood tissue samples for DNA analysis.
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-------Microsatellites: evolutionary and methodological background and empirical applications at individual, population and phylogenetic levels.
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-------Ecology and evolution of brood parasitism in waterfowl.
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-------Parentage assignment and extra-group paternity in a cooperative breeder: the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis).
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Redfield, J. A. 1973. The use of incomplete family data in the analysis of genetics and selection at the Ng locus in Blue Grouse (Dendrogapus obscurus). Heredity 31:35-42.
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Raymond, M., and F. Rousset. 1995. GENEPOP (version 1.2): population genetics software for exact tests and ecumenicism. Journal of Heredity 86:248-249.
-------Local genetic structure in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus): evidence from microsatellite DNA markers.
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-------What molecules can tell us about populations: choosing and using a molecular marker.
Parker, P. G., A. A. Snow, M. D. Schug, G. C. Booton, and P. A. Fuerst. 1998. What molecules can tell us about populations: choosing and using a molecular marker. Ecology 79:361-382.
-------Genetic relationships in the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) analysed by microsatellite DNA markers.
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-------The degree of extra-pair paternity increases with genetic variability.
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-------Extra-pair paternity in birds: explaining variation between species and populations.
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-------Cuckoldry and sociality: a comparative study of birds.
Moller, A. P., and T. R. Birkhead. 1993. Cuckoldry and sociality: a comparative study of birds. The American Naturalist 142:118-140.
-------Intraspecific nest parasitism in Willow Ptarmigan.
Martin, K. 1984. Intraspecific nest parasitism in Willow Ptarmigan. Journal of Field Ornithology 55:250-251.
-------Statistical confidence for likelihood based paternity inference in natural populations.
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-------CERVUS 2.0.
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-------Feather pulp: a non-destructive sampling technique for electrophoretic studies of birds.
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-------Post-hatch brood amalgamation in Northern Bobwhites.
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-------On the rarity of intraspecific brood parasitism.
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-------Analysis of population genetic structure by DNA fingerprinting.
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-------The reproductive cycle of the Chukar.
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-------Geneticists go wild: fur, feathers, feces, and the future of wildlife research.
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-------Brood parasitism among waterfowl nesting on islands and peninsulas in North Dakota.
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-------High yield DNA extraction from the snake cast-off skin or bird feathers using collagenase.
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-------Genetic and morphological methods for gender identification of Mountain Quail.
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-------Effects of blood sampling on shorebirds: injuries, return rates, and clutch desertions.
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-------DNA fingerprinting in birds.
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-------Reproductive strategies, success, and mating systems of Northern Bobwhite in Missouri.
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-------High frequency of cuckoldry in Pied and Collared Flycatchers.
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-------Databases
NCBI Taxonomy DatabaseNCBI Taxonomy database search for Order Galliformes holdings (listed by genus and genus-specific epithet)
Specialist Groups
Cracid GroupGrouse Group
Megapode Group
Pheasant Group
PQF Group
Other Labs and Protocols
Bruce Roe's Lab ProtocolsVery thorough site from the lab of Bruce Roe
Sheffield Molecular Genetics Facility
The University of Sheffield’s molecular genetics website.
SREL DNA Lab
Travis Glenn’s lab at Savannah River Ecology Lab.
SREL DNA Lab Protocols
Protocols from the Glenn Lab
Tavi's PCR Protocols
Discusses PCR and associated protocols/problems
Suppliers
Applied BiosystemsEquipment, reagents, and primers
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Equipment, reagents, and consumables
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Fisher Scientific
Equipment, reagents, and consumables
IDT DNA
Primers
Marsh Bio-Products
Reagents, consumables
Molecular Probes
Picogreen quantitation reagents
MWG Biotech
Primers, small-scale syntheses
Rainin, Inc.
Pipets and tips
Sigma-Aldrich
Reagents and other chemicals