Comparison of reproductive output of hybrid sea turtles and parental species

LS Soares, AB Bolten, ML Wayne, ST Vilaça… - Marine Biology, 2017 - Springer
Globally, sea turtle hybridization has been reported at very low frequencies. However, in
Brazil, a high incidence (> 40% of morphologically assigned hawksbills) of hybridization …

First satellite tracks of South Atlantic sea turtle 'lost years': seasonal variation in trans-equatorial movement

KL Mansfield, ML Mendilaharsu… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the South Atlantic Ocean, few data exist regarding the dispersal of young oceanic sea
turtles. We characterized the movements of laboratory-reared yearling loggerhead turtles …

Evidence of backcross inviability and mitochondrial DNA paternal leakage in sea turtle hybrids

ST Vilaça, F Maroso, P Lara, B de Thoisy… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization is known to be part of many species' evolutionary history. Sea turtles have a
fascinating hybridization system in which species separated by as much as 43 million years …

Climate change promotes hybridisation between deeply divergent species

D Canestrelli, R Bisconti, A Chiocchio, L Maiorano… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Rare hybridisations between deeply divergent animal species have been reported for
decades in a wide range of taxa, but have often remained unexplained, mainly considered …

Effects of local climate on loggerhead hatchling production in Brazil: implications from climate change

N Montero, PS Tomillo, VS Saba… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Sea turtle eggs are heavily influenced by the environment in which they incubate, including
effects on hatching success and hatchling viability (hatchling production). It is crucial to …

Genomic evidence of recent hybridization between sea turtles at Abrolhos Archipelago and its association to low reproductive output

LS Arantes, LCL Ferreira, M Driller… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Hybridization between sea turtle species occurs with particularly high frequency at two
adjacent nesting areas in northeastern Brazil. To understand the outcomes of hybridization …

Genetic Structure and Natal Origins of Immature Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Brazilian Waters

MC Proietti, J Reisser, LF Marins, C Rodriguez-Zarate… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the connections between sea turtle populations is fundamental for their
effective conservation. Brazil hosts important hawksbill feeding areas, but few studies have …

New genetic insights about hybridization and population structure of hawksbill and loggerhead turtles from Brazil

LS Arantes, ST Vilaça, CJ Mazzoni… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
An extremely high incidence of hybridization among sea turtles is found along the Brazilian
coast. This atypical phenomenon and its impact on sea turtle conservation can be elucidated …

Use of particle tracking to determine optimal release dates and locations for rehabilitated neonate sea turtles

NA Robson, Y Hetzel, S Whiting, S Wijeratne… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Sea turtles found stranded on beaches are often rehabilitated before being released back
into the wild. The location and date of release is largely selected on an informal basis, which …

[HTML][HTML] Combined use of mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers further reveal immature marine turtle hybrids along the South Western Atlantic

C Brito, ST Vilaça, AL Lacerda, R Maggioni… - … and Molecular Biology, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Marine turtle hybridization is usually sporadic and involves reports of only a few individuals;
however, Brazilian populations have high hybridization rates. Here we investigated the …