Sexual dimorphism in adult Little Stints (Calidris minuta) revealed by DNA sexing and discriminant analysis
Background The sex of an individual organism plays such an important role in its life cycle that researchers must know a bird’s sex to interpret key aspects of its biology. The sexes of dimorphic species can be easily distinguished, but sexing monomorphic bird species often requires expensive and ti...
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PeerJ Inc.
2018-08-01
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