Are the native giant tortoises from the Seychelles really extinct? A genetic perspective based on mtDNA and microsatellite data
Palkovacs E, Marschner M, Ciofi C, Gerlach J, Caccone A. Are the native giant tortoises from the Seychelles really extinct? A genetic perspective based on mtDNA and microsatellite data. Molecular Ecology 2003, 12: 1403-1413. PMID: 12755870, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01834.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGiant tortoisesGenetic structuringGiant tortoise speciesMitochondrial DNA sequencesMitochondrial control regionWestern Indian OceanLevel of variationNuclear microsatellitesRediscovered speciesSeychelles archipelagoMicrosatellite dataReproductive isolationRecent morphological studiesTortoise speciesMicrosatellite lociControl regionSingle lineageMorphological charactersDNA sequencesCarapace morphologyCaptive conditionsTortoisesGenetic perspectiveSpeciesPotential survival