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Identification of hybrids of painted and milky storks using FTA card-collected blood, molecular markers, and morphologies.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Oct 2013
Yee Elsie Yoke Sim, Zainuddin Zainal Zahari, Ismail Ahmad, Yap Chee Kong, Tan Soon Guan
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Suspicious hybrids of painted storks and milky storks were found in a Malaysian zoo. Blood of these birds was sampled on FTA cards for DNA fingerprinting. Of 44 optimized primers, 6 produced diagnostic markers that could identify hybrids. The markers were based on simple, direct PCR-generated mul...
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