Ancient DNA gives green light to Galapagos Land Iguana repatriation

被引：9
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作者：
Hofkin, BV
Wright, A
Altenbach, J
Rassmann, K
Snell, HM
Miller, RD
Stone, AC
Snell, HL [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ New Mexico, Dept Biol, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
[2] Univ Cologne, Inst Genet, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
[3] Charles Darwin Res Stn, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
[4] Univ New Mexico, Dept Anthropol, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
来源：
CONSERVATION GENETICS | 2003年 / 4卷 / 01期
关键词：
ancient DNA; conservation; Galapagos Land Iguanas; repatriation;
D O I：
10.1023/A:1021843305792
中图分类号：
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号：
090705 ;
摘要：
Land Iguanas, Conolophus subcristatus, were extirpated from Isla Baltra, Galapagos Archipelago in the 1940s. Historical records indicate that some Baltra iguanas were translocated to nearby Isla Seymour Norte in the 1930s. Plans to repatriate iguanas to Baltra were suspended when evidence suggested that iguanas on Seymour Norte may not be entirely of Baltra origin. Comparison of DNA from century-old museum specimens with extant iguanas has identified those individuals of unambiguous Baltra origin on Seymour Norte. These results provide scientific criteria for the ecological restoration of these endangered reptiles.
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