Laboratory incubation of eggs and histology of gonads indicated that the pivotal temperature
for leatherback turtles nesting on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica at Playa Grande was 29.4 C …

The female perspective on reproductive strategies remains one of the most active areas of
debate in biology. Even though a single mating is often sufficient to satisfy the fertilization …

Abstract Characterization of a species mating systems is fundamental for understanding the
natural history and evolution of that species. Polyandry can result in the multiple paternity of …

Female sea turtles are promiscuous, with clutches of eggs often sired by multiple males and
rates of multiple paternity varying greatly within and across species. We investigated levels …

Paternity was determined for three clutches and up to 20 offspring per clutch in the green
turtle (Chelonia mydas) from Ascension Island, South Atlantic, using microsatellite markers …

Multiple paternity was found in two clutches of Podocnemis expansa using eight
microsatellite loci. When loci were analysed separately a minimum of two males was …

Many aspects of sea turtle biology are difficult to measure in these enigmatic migratory
species, and this lack of knowledge continues to hamper conservation efforts. The first study …

Multiple paternity is extremely common in natural populations of almost all reptiles studied to
date, suggesting that pay-offs from polyandrous mating systems are important in these …

We used eight microsatellite loci to investigate the mating system in P. unifilis. DNA samples
were collected from 66 hatchlings sampled from six nests on a central Amazon River beach …

Marine turtles have been traditionally considered model organisms to study sex-biased
behaviour and dispersal. Although female philopatry has been identified in the loggerhead …