Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian Hoary Bat Genetic Sexing 2009-2022 (ver. 7.0, June 2022)
We tested the utility of a protocol using genetic markers that previously proved successful to identify the sex of Vespertilionid bats on tissues collected from live bats and carcasses of varying age from the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus semotus). This molecular method is based on genes unique to X and Y chromosomes …