Mirroring-in nature? Comparison of kinship analysis in clutches of the endangered giant Amazon River turtle, Podocnemis expansa (Chelonia: Podocnemididae) in both captivity and natural habitat

Mirroring-in nature? Comparison of kinship analysis in clutches of the endangered giant Amazon River turtle, Podocnemis expansa (Chelonia: Podocnemididae) in both captivity and natural habitat

ABSTRACT The incidence of multiple paternities in two populations of Podocnemis expansa of Brazilian Amazon both rose in captivity and in natural habitat, was verified by using five microsatellite loci. Three hundred twenty-seven offspring from two different sampling sites were genotyped. The analys...

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Main Authors: Fantin,Cleiton, Machado-Andrade,Paulo Cesar, Pires-Farias,Izeni, Pereira,Dorothy Ivila de Melo
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar 2018
Subjects:
Podocnemis expansa
multiple paternities
molecular analysis
chelonian
polyandry
wild population
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2018000200346
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