Journal article
Application of DNA fingerprinting to the recovery program of the endangered Puerto Rican parrot.
Abstract
The Puerto Rican parrot was reduced to approximately 13 animals in 1975 and as a conservation measure, a captive population was established from a few founders taken from the wild between 1973 and 1983. The number of successful breeding pairs in captivity has been low, and the captive breeding program has not been as productive as that of the closely related Hispaniolan parrot. Therefore, a genetic study was initiated to examine the relative …
Authors
Brock MK; White BN
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 89, No. 23, pp. 11121–11125
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publication Date
12 1992
DOI
10.1073/pnas.89.23.11121
ISSN
0027-8424