Interspecific Gene Flow and Potential Hybrid Breakdown in South Atlantic Sea Turtles. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Interspecific hybridisation can play an important evolutionary role, generating new taxa or outbreeding depression, which can also lead to behavioural reproductive isolation through reinforcement. Still, there are few studies investigating how divergence time relates to hybridisation rates and its impact on introgression. Sea turtles are known
Oliveira MD +4 more
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A pan-cheloniid turtle from the Middle Miocene of Portugal. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Currently, there is no information on the fossil record of Pan‐Cheloniidae from the Neogene of the Iberian Peninsula. A well‐preserved partial skeleton attributable to this lineage of turtles, from the Middle Miocene of Portugal, is presented here.
Pérez-García A, Antunes MT.
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Prionochelys matutina Zangerl, 1953 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the United States and the evolution of epithecal ossifications in marine turtles [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Many neritic to nearshore species of marine adapted turtle from the Late Cretaceous of North America are thought to represent the stem lineage of Cheloniidae but due to fragmentary holotypes, low total specimen counts, and resultantly ...
Andrew D. Gentry
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Marine debris ingestion and the use of diagnostic imaging in sea turtles: A review
Veterinární Medicína, 2020 Worldwide, sea turtles are affected by anthropic waste. Animals, unable to differentiate anthropic waste from food, ingest this waste from their surroundings.
Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira +7 more
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Combined use of mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers further reveal immature marine turtle hybrids along the South Western Atlantic [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2020 Marine turtle hybridization is usually sporadic and involves reports of only a few individuals; however, Brazilian populations have high hybridization rates.
Cíntia Brito +6 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 In spite of the widespread occurrence of epibiotic turtle barnacles (Coronuloidea: Chelonibiidae and Platylepadidae) on extant marine turtles (Chelonioidea: Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae), and although the association between these cirripedes and their ...
Alberto Collareta +4 more
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Species Identification of Sea Turtles in Thailand Using DNA Barcoding Coupled With High‐Resolution Melting (Bar‐HRM) Analysis [PDF]
Scientifica (Cairo)The identification of sea turtle species relies on morphological characteristics, presenting challenges in incomplete or degraded specimens, with DNA barcoding now increasingly recognized for its potential in expediting species identification across various organisms.
Poommouang A +6 more
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Some digenetic trematodes found in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) from Brazil
Helminthologia, 2021 This paper reports three recovered species of digeneans from an adult loggerhead sea turtle - Caretta caretta (Testudines, Cheloniidae) in Brazil. These trematodes include Diaschistorchis pandus (Pronocephalidae), Cymatocarpus solearis (Brachycoeliidae ...
Cavaco B. +2 more
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Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2018 Ozobranchus spp. are leeches that feed solely on turtle blood. They are common ectoparasites found on a range of marine turtle species, with some species of the leech being implicated as vectors of fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus (FPTHV ...
Byron M. Göpper +2 more
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A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Sinaloa, Mexico with a conservation status summary and comparisons with neighboring states [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Sinaloa possesses a rich biota with unique characteristics due to its proximity to the northern deserts, the tropical lowlands of the south, and the temperate environments of the western slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.
Julio A. Lemos-Espinal +1 more
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