A popular notion in sexual selection is that females are polyandrous and their offspring are
commonly sired by more than a single male. We now have large-scale evidence from …

Freshwater turtle courtship is an exciting and potentially phylogenetically important field of
study. Scattered data exist from the past century of research, yet no recent summary is …

Studies of population genetics in turtles have suggested that turtles do not experience
genetic impacts of bottlenecks as strongly as expected. However, recent studies cast doubt …

In many vertebrates, body size is an important driver of variation in male reproductive
success. Larger, more fit individuals are more likely to dominate mating opportunities …

Sperm storage is widespread in many vertebrate groups, and it is frequently associated with
promiscuous mating systems. Chelonian species are one of the most outstanding examples …

The conservation of tortoises poses a unique situation because several threatened species
are commonly kept as pets within their native ranges. Thus, there is potential for captive …

We examined a secondary contact zone between two species of desert tortoise, Gopherus
agassizii and G. morafkai. The taxa were isolated from a common ancestor during the …

Highlights•Rank repeatability is an underappreciated requirement of fitness
proxies.•Righting time in turtles does not meet the requirement of rank repeatability.• …

The Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus) is the first species of extirpated megafauna
to be repatriated into the United States. In September 2006, 30 individuals were translocated …

We identified multiple paternity in 52.9% of the clutches of Hermann's tortoise Testudo
hermanni boettgeri using polymorphic microsatellite markers. In addition we demonstrated …