[HTML][HTML] Advances in the application of genetics in marine turtle biology and conservation

LM Komoroske, MP Jensen, KR Stewart… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Marine turtles migrate across long distances, exhibit complex life histories, and occupy
habitats that are difficult to observe. These factors present substantial challenges to …

A review of patterns of multiple paternity across sea turtle rookeries

PLM Lee, G Schofield, RI Haughey, AD Mazaris… - Advances in marine …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Highly feminised sex-ratio estimations for the world's third-largest nesting aggregation of loggerhead sea turtles

CE Tanner, A Marco, S Martins… - Marine Ecology …, 2019 - int-res.com
Despite being a fundamental life-history character, there is a paucity of population-wide,
data-driven studies of primary sex ratios for any marine turtle species. The Republic of Cape …

Extreme predation of eggs and hatchlings for loggerhead turtles in eastern Indian Ocean

C Avenant, S Whiting, S Fossette, P Barnes… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
Understanding predator-prey interactions at the vulnerable egg and hatchling stage of sea
turtles is crucial to effectively manage these threatened marine species. Our research …

Thermal conditions of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests in the largest rookery in the eastern Mediterranean

O Türkozan, C Yılmaz, V Almpanidou… - Endangered Species …, 2023 - int-res.com
Climate change impacts on vertebrates have many implications. The thermal conditions of
vertebrates during incubation are known to influence morphological, physiological, and …

Loggerhead sea turtle embryos (Caretta caretta) regulate expression of stress response and developmental genes when exposed to a biologically realistic heat …

BP Bentley, BJ Haas, JN Tedeschi… - Molecular Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Oviparous reptile embryos are expected to breach their critical thermal maxima if
temperatures reach those predicted under current climate change models due to the lack of …

Breeding sex ratio and population size of loggerhead turtles from Southwestern Florida

JA Lasala, CR Hughes, J Wyneken - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Species that display temperature-dependent sex determination are at risk as a result of
increasing global temperatures. For marine turtles, high incubation temperatures can skew …

Prevalence of polygyny in a critically endangered marine turtle population

AR Gaos, RL Lewison, MJ Liles, A Henriquez… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Genetic variation, multiple paternity, and measures of reproductive success in the critically endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

BI González‐Garza, A Stow… - Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico contains some of the largest breeding groups of
the globally distributed and critically endangered hawksbill turtle (E retmochelys imbricata) …

Evidence of opposing fitness effects of parental heterozygosity and relatedness in a critically endangered marine turtle?

KP Phillips, TH Jorgensen, KG Jolliffe… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
How individual genetic variability relates to fitness is important in understanding evolution
and the processes affecting populations of conservation concern. Heterozygosity–fitness …