DNA from the Past Informs Ex Situ Conservation for the Future: An “Extinct” Species of Galápagos Tortoise Identified in Captivity

BACKGROUND: Although not unusual to find captive relicts of species lost in the wild, rarely are presumed extinct species rediscovered outside of their native range. A recent study detected living descendents of an extinct Galápagos tortoise species (Chelonoidis elephantopus) once endemic to Florean...

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Autores principales: Russello, Michael A., Poulakakis, Nikos, Gibbs, James P., Tapia, Washington, Benavides, Edgar, Powell, Jeffrey R., Caccone, Adalgisa
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2800188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20084268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008683

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2800188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20084268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008683

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