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Conservation genomics of the endangered Burmese roofed turtle.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology - 1 Dec 2017
Çilingir F Gözde, Rheindt Frank E, Garg Kritika M, Platt Kalyar, Platt Steven G, Bickford David P
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The Burmese roofed turtle (Batagur trivittata) is one of the world's most endangered turtles. Only one wild population remains in Myanmar. There are thought to be 12 breeding turtles in the wild. Conservation efforts for the species have raised >700 captive turtles since 2002, predominantly from eggs collected in the wild. We collected tissue samples from 445 individuals (approximately 40% of the turtles'...
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