Identification of Genetically Important Individuals of the Rediscovered Floreana Galápagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis elephantopus) Provides Founders for Species Restoration Program

Species are being lost at an unprecedented rate due to human-driven environmental changes. The cases in which species declared extinct can be revived are rare. However, here we report that a remote volcano in the Galápagos Islands hosts many giant tortoises with high ancestry from a species previous...

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Autores principales: Miller, Joshua M., Quinzin, Maud C., Poulakakis, Nikos, Gibbs, James P., Beheregaray, Luciano B., Garrick, Ryan C., Russello, Michael A., Ciofi, Claudio, Edwards, Danielle L., Hunter, Elizabeth A., Tapia, Washington, Rueda, Danny, Carrión, Jorge, Valdivieso, Andrés A., Caccone, Adalgisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11516-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11516-2

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