Morphometrics parallel genetics in a newly discovered and endangered taxon of Galápagos tortoise.

Morphometrics parallel genetics in a newly discovered and endangered taxon of Galápagos tortoise.

Galápagos tortoises represent the only surviving lineage of giant tortoises that exhibit two different types of shell morphology. The taxonomy of Galápagos tortoises was initially based mainly on diagnostic morphological characters of the shell, but has been clarified by molecular studies indicating...

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Main Authors: Ylenia Chiari, Chaz Hyseni, Tom H Fritts, Scott Glaberman, Cruz Marquez, James P Gibbs, Julien Claude, Adalgisa Caccone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2707613?pdf=render

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