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Genetic Assessments and Parentage Analysis of Captive Bolson Tortoises (Gopherus flavomarginatus) Inform Their “Rewilding” in New Mexico

The Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus) is the first species of extirpated megafauna to be repatriated into the United States. In September 2006, 30 individuals were translocated from Arizona to New Mexico with the long-term objective of restoring wild populations via captive propagation. We...

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Autores principales: Edwards, Taylor, Cox, Elizabeth Canty, Buzzard, Vanessa, Wiese, Christiane, Hillard, L. Scott, Murphy, Robert W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25029369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102787