2022
The Galapagos giant tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus is not extinct
Jensen E, Gaughran S, Fusco N, Poulakakis N, Tapia W, Sevilla C, Málaga J, Mariani C, Gibbs J, Caccone A. The Galapagos giant tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus is not extinct. Communications Biology 2022, 5: 546. PMID: 35681083, PMCID: PMC9184544, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03483-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGalapagos giant tortoisesGiant tortoisesMitochondrial DNA phylogenyDNA phylogenyMonophyletic groupCarapace morphologyPhylogeny GroupSame lineagePopulation sizeSpeciesTortoisesLineagesFemale tortoisesSingle specimenSingle individualPhylogenyCladeGenomeExtinctSaddlebackContinued existenceIslandsDiscovery
2017
Self-righting potential and the evolution of shell shape in Galápagos tortoises
Chiari Y, van der Meijden A, Caccone A, Claude J, Gilles B. Self-righting potential and the evolution of shell shape in Galápagos tortoises. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 15828. PMID: 29192279, PMCID: PMC5709378, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15787-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research