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SUBMITTER: Castillo-Morales CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10232504 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Castillo-Morales Carlos Abraham CA Sáenz-Arroyo Andrea A Castellanos-Morales Gabriela G Ruíz-Montoya Lorena L
Scientific reports 20230531 1
Despite multiple conservation efforts of the Mexican government, the leatherback turtle is at serious risk of extinction. In this study, we investigated the possible presence of a genetic bottleneck that could prevent the recovery of this species and compared these findings with those of the olive ridley turtle, which is in true recovery. Our results confirmed that a demographic change occurred in the past and the presence of two different leatherback turtle lineages that diverged approximately ...[more]