Population genetics and phylogeography of sea turtles

BW Bowen, SA Karl - Molecular ecology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The seven species of sea turtles occupy a diversity of niches, and have a history tracing
back over 100 million years, yet all share basic life‐history features, including exceptional …

Turtles in Malaysia: A review of conservation status and a call for research

MH Mohd Salleh, Y Esa, SM Salleh, SA Mohd Sah - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Turtles are threatened all over the world. Malaysia has 24 species of
turtles. This review focuses on current conservation status and some requirements for …

Estimating sex ratios of loggerhead turtles in Brazil from pivotal incubation durations

MÂ Marcovaldi, MH Godfrey… - Canadian Journal of …, 1997 - cdnsciencepub.com
On trouvera ici la description d'une méthode d'estimation des rapports mâles: femelles à
partir de données sur la durée de l'incubation chez des tortues néonates appartenant à des …

Testing models of female reproductive migratory behaviour and population structure in the Caribbean hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, with mtDNA …

AL Bass, DA Good, KA Bjorndal… - Molecular …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information on the reproductive behaviour and population structure of female
hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, is necessary to define conservation priorities for …

Pivotal temperature and predicted sex ratios for hatchling hawksbill turtles from Brazil

MH Godfrey, AF D'Amato… - Canadian Journal of …, 1999 - cdnsciencepub.com
Comme toutes les autres espèces de tortues marines, Eretmochelys imbricata subit sa
différenciation sexuelle en fonction de la température, les températures d'incubation élevées …

Extensive hybridization in hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting in Brazil revealed by mtDNA analyses

P Lara-Ruiz, GG Lopez, FR Santos, LS Soares - Conservation Genetics, 2006 - Springer
Bahia state hosts over 90% of hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) nests registered in the
main nesting sites monitored by Projeto Tamar-IBAMA in Brazil. The genetic diversity of this …

Genomic variation of the fibropapilloma-associated marine turtle herpesvirus across seven geographic areas and three host species

RJ Greenblatt, SL Quackenbush, RN Casey… - Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fibropapillomatosis (FP) of marine turtles is an emerging neoplastic disease associated with
infection by a novel turtle herpesvirus, fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus (FPTHV) …

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 …

Molecular ecology of marine turtles: new approaches and future directions

PLM Lee - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2008 - Elsevier
The study of turtle population genetics has come a long way in the past few decades. In the
early 1990s, technologies such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and automated DNA …

Nuclear markers reveal a complex introgression pattern among marine turtle species on the Brazilian coast

ST Vilaça, SM Vargas, P LARA‐RUIZ… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Surprisingly, a high frequency of interspecific sea turtle hybrids has been previously
recorded in a nesting site along a short stretch of the Brazilian coast. Mitochondrial DNA …