Extinct may not be forever for some species of Galapagos tortoises

Friday, September 26, 2008 - 06:21 in Biology & Nature

Hybrid tortoise on Volcano Wolf. Yale scientists report that genetic traces of extinct species of Galapagos tortoises exist in descendants now living in the wild, a finding that could spur breeding programs to restore the species, The report appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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