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Mixed-stock analysis in green turtles Chelonia mydas: mtDNA decipher current connections among west Atlantic populations.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 Mar 2017
Costa Jordao Juliana, Bondioli Ana Cristina Vigliar, Almeida-Toledo Lurdes Foresti de, Bilo Karin, Berzins Rachel, Le Maho Yvon, Chevallier Damien, de Thoisy Benoit
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The green turtle Chelonia mydas undertakes wide-ranging migrations between feeding and nesting sites, resulting in mixing and isolation of genetic stocks. We used mtDNA control region to characterize the genetic composition, population structure, and natal origins of C. mydas in the West Atlantic Ocean, at one feeding ground (State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and three Caribbean nesting grounds (French Guiana,...
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