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Founded: Genetic Reconstruction of Lineage Diversity and Kinship Informs Ex situ Conservation of Cuban Amazon Parrots (Amazona leucocephala).
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2015
Milián-García Yoamel, Jensen Evelyn L, Madsen Jeanette, Álvarez Alonso Suleiky, Serrano Rodríguez Aryamne, Espinosa López Georgina, Russello Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Captive breeding is a widespread conservation strategy, yet such programs rarely include empirical genetic data for assessing management assumptions and meeting conservation goals. Cuban Amazon parrots (Amazona leucocephala) are considered vulnerable, and multiple on-island captive populations have been established from wild-caught and confiscated individuals of unknown ancestry. Here, we used mitochondrial...
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