The Feasibility of Avian Karyotypes in Taxonomy

Author

Gerald Francis Shields, Central Washington University

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Summer 1970

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Biology

Committee Chair

Jared Verner

Second Committee Member

William W. Barker

Third Committee Member

Philip C. Dumas

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to evaluate the usefulness of various karyotypic procedures using domesticated and passerine birds and second, to comment on the validity of the application of karyotypic data to taxonomy.

Recommended Citation

Shields, Gerald Francis, "The Feasibility of Avian Karyotypes in Taxonomy" (1970). All Master's Theses. 1567.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1567