DNA sampling from eggshell swabbing is widely applicable in wild bird populations as demonstrated in 23 species

Removal of Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Inhibitors Associated with Cloacal Swab Samples and Tissues for Improved Diagnosis of Avian Influenza Virus by RT-PCR

(2011) Amaresh Das et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION

Chelex-based DNA isolation procedure for the identification of microbial communities of eggshell surfaces

(2009) Antonio Manuel Martín-Platero et al.   ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Blood Sampling Reduces Annual Survival in Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

(2009) Mary Bomberger Brown et al.   AUK

Noninvasive Genotyping of the Red-Legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa, Phasianidae): Semi-Nested PCR of Mitochondrial DNA from Feces

(2009) Monica Guerrini et al.   BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS

Extraction of high-quality host DNA from feces and regurgitated seeds: a useful tool for vertebrate ecological studies

(2009) PATRICIA MARRERO et al.   BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Multiplex Manager 1.0: a cross-platform computer program that plans and optimizes multiplex PCR

(2009) Clare E. Holleley et al.   BIOTECHNIQUES

Number and colour composition of nest lining feathers predict eggshell bacterial community in barn swallow nests: an experimental study

(2009) Juan M. Peralta-Sanchez et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Using eggshell membranes as a DNA source for population genetic research

(2009) Krijn Baptist Trimbos et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Molted feathers from clay licks in Peru provide DNA for three large macaws (Ara ararauna,A. chloropterus, andA. macao)

(2009) Kara J. Gebhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Isolation, characterization and chromosome locations of polymorphic black-billed magpiePica pica(Corvidae, AVES) microsatellite loci

(2009) DAVID MARTÍN-GÁLVEZ et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

A nondestructive method for obtaining maternal DNA from avian eggshells and its application to embryonic viability determination in herring gulls (Larus argentatus)

(2009) C. EGLOFF et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

New methods to identify conserved microsatellite loci and develop primer sets of high cross-species utility - as demonstrated for birds

(2009) DEBORAH A. DAWSON et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

A ‘feather-trap’ for collecting DNA samples from birds

(2009) GOLO MAURER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Molted Feathers as a Source of DNA for Genetic Studies in Waterbird Populations

(2009) Carolina Isabel Miño et al.   WATERBIRDS

Effects of blood collection on wild birds: an update

(2008) Lani D. Sheldon et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE

Extra pair paternity in birds: a review of interspecific variation and adaptive function

(2003) Simon C. Griffith et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY