Evidence of olive ridley mitochondrial genome introgression into loggerhead turtle rookeries of Sergipe, Brazil

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1587-1591

  Reis, Estéfane Cardinot ^a   Soares, L S ^b   Lobo Hajdu G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Centro Brasileiro de Protecao e Pesquisa das Tartarugas Marinhas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation strategies; Genetic diversity; Hybridization; MtDNA control region; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GLOBAL WARMING; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

BRAZIL; SERGIPE;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77953914929     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9973-2     Document Type: Article

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