Revealing the evolutionary history of threatened sea turtles
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 06:56
in Biology & Nature
It's confirmed: Even though flatback turtles dine on fish, shrimp, and molluscs, they are closely related to primarily herbivorous green sea turtles. New genetic research carried out by Eugenia Naro-Maciel, a Marine Biodiversity Scientist at the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, and colleagues clarifies our understanding of the evolutionary relationships among all seven sea turtle species...
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