
%0 Journal Article
%A I. Jarvi, Susan 
%A I. Jarvi, Susan 
%A C. Banko, Paul 
%A C. Banko, Paul 
%T Application of a PCR-based approach to identify sex in Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidinae)
%J Pacific Conservation Biology
%D 2000/03/10
%V 6
%N 1
%P 14-17
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PC000014
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PC000014 
%X The application of molecular techniques to conservation genetics issues can provide important guidance criteria for management of endangered species. The results from this study establish that PCR-based approaches for sex determination developed in other bird species (Griffiths and Tiwari 1995; Griffiths et al. 1996, 1998; Ellegren 1996) can be applied with a high degree of confidence to at least four species of Hawaiian honeycreepers. This provides a rapid, reliable method with which population managers can optimize sex ratios within populations of endangered species that are subject to artificial manipulation through captive breeding programmes or geographic translocation. 
