Ancient mitogenomics elucidates diversity of extinct West Indian tortoises

Abstract We present 10 nearly complete mitochondrial genomes of the extinct tortoise Chelonoidis alburyorum from the Bahamas. While our samples represent morphologically distinct populations from six islands, their genetic divergences were shallow and resembled those among Galápagos tortoises. Our m...

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Main Authors: Christian Kehlmaier, Nancy A. Albury, David W. Steadman, Eva Graciá, Richard Franz, Uwe Fritz
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/80e9be9a03db44139ccb8dff41c32d05
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