Sea turtles exhibit highly migratory behavior and spend most of their life in oceanic habitats,
complicating the study of their biology and creating gaps in our knowledge regarding their …

Genetic analyses of nuclear DNA (eg, microsatellites) are a primary tool for investigating
mating systems in reptiles, particularly marine turtles. Whereas studies over the past two …

Mating systems are a central component in the evolution of animal life histories and in
conservation genetics. The patterns of male reproductive skew and of paternal shares in …

While polyandry in sea turtles is indicated through multiple‐paternity analyses of offspring,
confirmed observations of the same female mating with multiple males are extremely …

Why females would mate with multiple partners and have multiple fathers for clutches or
litters is a long-standing enigma. There is a broad dichotomy in hypotheses ranging from …

Multiple paternity is common to all sea turtle species, but its causes and consequences are
hard to ascertain and the behaviors and success of males difficult to observe. This study …

Sea turtles in general are promiscuous breeders, but previous leatherback paternity studies
found only a very low level of multiple paternity or none at all. Three highly polymorphic …

Molecular studies of sea turtles have shown that the frequency of multiple paternity (MP)
varies between species, and between rookeries of the same species. This study uses …

Abstract Knowledge of demographic processes and life history strategies is necessary for
the conservation and management of endangered sea turtle populations, but it is difficult to …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the reproductive behavior of the giant
Amazon River turtle (Podocnemis expansa) in the Amazon. This was carried out by …