Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) foraging at Arvoredo Island in Southern Brazil: Genetic characterization and mixed stock analysis through mtDNA control region haplotypes

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 613-618

  Proietti, Maíra Carneiro ^a   Lara Ruiz, Paula ^b   Reisser, Júlia Wiener ^a   da Silva Pinto, Luciano ^c   Dellagostin, Odir Antonio ^c   Marins, Luis Fernando ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Foraging grounds; Genetic diversity; Green turtle; mtDNA haplotypes; Natal origins

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CHELONIA MYDAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAPLOTYPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

AVES; CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 69949090549     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572009000300027     Document Type: Article

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