Identification of Genetically Important Individuals of the Rediscovered Floreana Galápagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis elephantopus) Provide Founders for Species Restoration Program

Joshua M. Miller; Maud C. Quinzin; Nikos Poulakakis; James P. Gibbs; Luciano B. Beheregaray; Ryan C. Garrick; Michael A. Russello; Claudio Ciofi; Danielle L. Edwards; Elizabeth A. Hunter; Washington Tapia; Danny Rueda; Jorge Carrión; Andrés A. Valdivieso; Adalgisa Caccone

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Identification of Genetically Important Individuals of the Rediscovered Floreana Galápagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis elephantopus) Provide Founders for Species Restoration Program

View ORCID ProfileJoshua M. Miller, Maud C. Quinzin, Nikos Poulakakis, James P. Gibbs, Luciano B. Beheregaray, Ryan C. Garrick, Michael A. Russello, Claudio Ciofi, Danielle L. Edwards, Elizabeth A. Hunter, Washington Tapia, Danny Rueda, Jorge Carrión, Andrés A. Valdivieso, Adalgisa Caccone

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Joshua M. Miller

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 21 Sachem St. New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States of America

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Maud C. Quinzin

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 21 Sachem St. New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States of America

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Nikos Poulakakis

Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Engineering, University of Crete, Vasilika Vouton, Gr-71300, Heraklio, Crete, GreeceNatural History Museum of Crete, School of Sciences and Engineering, University of Crete, Knossos Av., GR-71409, Heraklio, Crete, Greece

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James P. Gibbs

College of Environmental Science & Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York, 13210, United States of America

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Luciano B. Beheregaray

Molecular Ecology Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia

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Ryan C. Garrick

Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 38677, United States of America

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Michael A. Russello

Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada

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Claudio Ciofi

Department Biology, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy

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Danielle L. Edwards

Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, 5200 N Lake Rd, Merced, California, 95343, United States of America

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Elizabeth A. Hunter

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada – Reno, Max Fleischmann Agricultural Building, Reno NV 89557 USA

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Washington Tapia

Galapagos Conservancy, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030, United States of AmericaGalápagos National Park Directorate, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador

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Danny Rueda

Galápagos National Park Directorate, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador

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Jorge Carrión

Galápagos National Park Directorate, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador

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Andrés A. Valdivieso

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 21 Sachem St. New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States of America

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Adalgisa Caccone

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 21 Sachem St. New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States of America

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