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List of works by Gavin J. Horsburgh

A marker suitable for sex-typing birds from degraded samples

A multiplex microsatellite set for non-invasive genotyping and sexing of the osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

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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

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

Autosomal and Z-linked microsatellite markers enhanced for cross-species utility and assessed in a range of birds, including species of conservation concern

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Blood transcriptomes and de novo identification of candidate loci for mating success in lekking great snipe (Gallinago media).

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

Characterisation and predicted genome locations of Leach’s storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) microsatellite loci (Procellariidae, Aves)

article by Anthony W. J. Bicknell et al published 6 May 2011 in Conservation Genetics Resources

Characterisation of 14 blue crane Grus paradisea (Gruidae, AVES) microsatellite loci for use in detecting illegal trade

Characterisation of microsatellite loci in the rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris, Acanthisittidae, AVES) and their predicted genome locations

Characterisation of twenty-one European badger (Meles meles) microsatellite loci facilitates the discrimination of second-order relatives

article by Geetha Annavi et al published 2 February 2011 in Conservation Genetics Resources

Characterization of microsatellite loci In The hihi Notiomystis cincta (Notiomystidae, Aves)

scientific article published on March 12, 2009

Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated from the wasp, Microstigmus nigrophthalmus (Hymenoptera).

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Characterization of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) transcriptome: a resource for molecular ecology and immunogenetics.

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

Comparison between Normalised and Unnormalised 454-Sequencing Libraries for Small-Scale RNA-Seq Studies.

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Comparison of historical bottleneck effects and genetic consequences of re-introduction in a critically endangered island passerine.

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Conserved microsatellite markers of high cross-species utility for flying, ground and tree squirrels

Cultural inheritance drives site fidelity and migratory connectivity in a long-distance migrant.

scientific article published on 16 November 2010

Erratum to: Microsatellite records for volume 7, issue 4

scholarly article published in Conservation Genetics Resources

Four-way development of microsatellite markers for the Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

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Genomic associations with bill length and disease reveal drift and selection across island bird populations

scientific article published on 26 January 2018

High-utility conserved avian microsatellite markers enable parentage and population studies across a wide range of species

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Hybridization but no evidence for backcrossing and introgression in a sympatric population of great reed warblers and clamorous reed warblers

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Identification of 24 new microsatellite loci in the sweat bee Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae).

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

Isolation and characterisation of hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) microsatellite loci

article published in 2013

Isolation and characterisation of microsatellite loci in the papillose woolly bat, Kerivoula papillosa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Isolation and characterization of 11 microsatellite loci from the ubiquitous temperate octocoral Alcyonium digitatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

article published in 2013

Isolation and characterization of fourteen microsatellite loci from the endangered octocoral Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas 1766)

Isolation and characterization of macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) microsatellite loci and their utility in other penguin species (Spheniscidae, AVES)

scientific article published on May 3, 2009

Isolation, characterisation and predicted genome locations of Light-bellied Brent goose (Branta bernicla hrota) microsatellite loci (Anatidae, AVES)

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

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Isolation, characterization and predicted genome locations of ruff (Philomachus pugnax, AVES) microsatellite loci

Large-scale isolation of Eastern spiny mouse Acomys dimidiatus microsatellite loci through GS-FLX 454 titanium sequencing

scholarly article by Sanad Alfadala et al published 18 December 2012 in Conservation Genetics Resources

Microsatellite characterisation and sex-typing in two invasive parakeet species, the monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus and ring-necked parakeet Psittacula krameri

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Microsatellite loci characterized in three African crane species (Gruidae, Aves).

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Microsatellite markers characterized in the barn owl (Tyto alba) and of high utility in other owls (Strigiformes: AVES)

scientific article published on 15 May 2009

Microsatellite markers characterized in the mosquito Aedes taeniorhynchus (Diptera, Culicidae), a disease vector and major pest on the American coast and the Galápagos Islands

scientific article published on 15 April 2009

Microsatellite resources for Passeridae species: a predicted microsatellite map of the house sparrow Passer domesticus

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

scientific article published on 22 October 2009

New microsatellite loci isolated from the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus characterized in two cricket species, Gryllus bimaculatus and Gryllus campestris

scientific article published on June 28, 2008

Postcopulatory mechanisms of inbreeding avoidance in the island endemic hihi (Notiomystis cincta)

scientific article published on 2 November 2011

The characterisation of microsatellite markers reveals tetraploidy in the Greater Water Parsnip, Sium latifolium (Apiaceae).

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Twenty-two polymorphic microsatellite loci aimed at detecting illegal trade in the Cape parrot, Poicephalus robustus (Psittacidae, AVES).

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Widespread gene flow between oceans in a pelagic seabird species complex

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