Genetically informed captive breeding of hybrids of an extinct species of Galapagos tortoise
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DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13319
Abstract: Hybridization poses a major challenge for species conservation because it threatens both genetic integrity and adaptive potential. Yet, hybridization can occasionally offer unprecedented opportunity for species recovery if the genome of an extinct taxon is… read more here.
Keywords: extinct species; hybrids extinct; breeding; genetic diversity ... See more keywords