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Temporal Monitoring of the Floreana Island Galapagos Giant Tortoise Captive Breeding Program.
Integrative and comparative biology - 30 Dec 2022
Gray Rachel, Fusco Nicole, Miller Joshua M, Tapia Washington, Mariani Carol, Caccone Adalgisa, Jensen Evelyn L
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Captive breeding programs benefit from genetic analyses that identify relatedness between individuals, assign parentage to offspring, and track levels of genetic diversity. Monitoring these parameters across breeding cycles is critical to the success of a captive breeding program as it allows conservation managers to iteratively evaluate and adjust program structure. However, in practice, genetic tracking of...
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