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A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers

Authors: Deborah A. Dawson, Natalie dos Remedios, Gavin J. Horsburgh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes

2016

UVS is Rare in Seabirds

Authors: G.E. Machovsky Capuska, L. Huynen, D. Lambert, D. Raubenheimer

Publication/Journal: Vision Research

Keywords: albatross, gulls, phylogeny, seabirds, sws1 opsin, uvs, vs

2011

Testing Olfactory Foraging Strategies in an Antarctic Seabird Assemblage

Authors: G. Nevitt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology

Keywords: albatross, odour cue, olfaction, petrel, procellariiform seabird, pyrazine, shearwater, smell

2004

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