Lineage identification and genealogical relationships among captive Galápagos tortoises
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2012Author
Benavides, EdgarRussello, Michael
Boyer, Donal
Wiese, Robert J.
Kajdacsi, Brittney
Marquez, Lady
Garrick, Ryan
Caccone, Adalgisa
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Zoo BiologyVolume
31Issue
1Begin page
107End page
120
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Genetic tools have become a critical complement to traditional approaches for meeting short‐ and long‐term goals of ex situ conservation programs. The San Diego Zoo (SDZ) harbors a collection of wild‐born and captive‐born Galápagos giant tortoises (n = 22) of uncertain species designation and unknown genealogical relationships. Here, we used mitochondrial DNA haplotypic data and nuclear microsatellite genotypic data to identify the evolutionary lineage of wild‐born and captive‐born tortoises of unknown ancestry, to infer levels of relatedness among founders and captive‐born tortoises, and assess putative pedigree relationships assigned by the SDZ studbook....Type
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© 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/zoo.20397
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