Polly Wants a Genome: The Lack of Genetic Testing for Pet Parrot Species.

ABSTRACT: Parrots are considered the third most popular pet species, after dogs and cats, in the United States of America. Popular birds include budgerigars, lovebirds and cockatiels and are known for their plumage and vocal learning abilities. Plumage colour variation remains the main driving force behind breeder selection. Despite the birds' popularity, only two molecular genetic tests-bird sexing and pathogen screening-are commercially available to breeders. For a limited number of species, parentage verification tests are available, but are mainly used in conservation and not for breeding purposes. No plumage colour genotyping test is available for any of the species. Due to the fact that there isn't any commercial plumage genotype screening or parentage verification tests available, breeders ma

SUBMITTER: van der Zwan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8307168 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature