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The genetic legacy of Lonesome George survives: Giant tortoises with Pinta Island ancestry identified in Galápagos

✍ Scribed by Edwards, Danielle L.; Benavides, Edgar; Garrick, Ryan C.; Gibbs, James P.; Russello, Michael A.; Dion, Kirstin B.; Hyseni, Chaz; Flanagan, Joseph P.; Tapia, Washington; Caccone, Adalgisa

Book ID: 121446986
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Weight: 297 KB
Volume: 157
Category: Article
ISSN: 0006-3207
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.10.014

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