Phylogeography of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the Southwest Indian Ocean

Bourjea, Jérôme; Lapègue, Sylvie; Gagnevin, Lionel; Broderick, Damien; A. Mortimer, Jeanne; Ciccione, Stéphane; Roos, David; Taquet, Coralie; Grizel, Henri

doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.03122.x

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Phylogeography of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the Southwest Indian Ocean

Published in Molecular Ecology • Nov 27, 2006

Authors:

Jérôme Bourjea

Sylvie Lapègue

Lionel Gagnevin

Abstract

Patterns of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation were used to analyse the population genetic structure of southwestern Indian Ocean green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations. Analysis of sequence variation over 396 bp of the mtDNA control region revealed seven haplotypes among 288 individuals from 10...

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Rookery

Biology

Turtle (robot)

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