Semen Collection from a Passerine Bird Using Cloacal Massage
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Extraction of DNA from Bird Semen
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Results: Success by Bird Species and DNA Electrophoresis
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Conclusion
Transcripción
The overall goal of this procedure is to collect semen from male birds and isolate DNA from the semen samples. This method can be used to answer key questions in behavioral and evolutionary ecology related to sperm competition and epigenetic inher
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This protocol describes cloacal massage, a non-invasive manual technique for collecting semen from birds, and DNA extraction from avian sperm using a commercial extraction kit with modifications.