Genetic analysis of a successful repatriation programme: Giant Galápagos tortoises

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1537, 2004, Pages 341-345

  Milinkovitch, Michel C ^a   Monteyne, Daniel ^a   Gibbs, James P ^b   Fritts, Thomas H ^c   Tapia, Washington ^d   Snell, Howard L ^c,e   Tiedemann, Ralph ^f   Caccone, Adalgisa ^g   Powell, Jeffrey R ^g  

^a Brussels Free Univ Fac of Sci   (Belgium)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^d Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding programme; Conservation genetics; Espa ola; Geochelone; Giant Gal pagos tortoise; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; REPTILE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MALE; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXON; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GEOCHELONE; GEOCHELONE NIGRA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 1242292247     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2607     Document Type: Article

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