2022
Temporal Monitoring of the Floreana Island Galapagos Giant Tortoise Captive Breeding Program
Gray R, Fusco N, Miller J, Tapia W, Mariani C, Caccone A, Jensen E. Temporal Monitoring of the Floreana Island Galapagos Giant Tortoise Captive Breeding Program. Integrative And Comparative Biology 2022, 62: 1864-1871. PMID: 35906184, DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaptive breeding programsBreeding programsEffective population sizeGalapagos giant tortoisesCaptive breedingGenetic diversityGenetic trackingReproductive outputSpecies restorationGiant tortoisesConservation managersBreeding outcomesMicrosatellite markersGenetic analysisMore foundersBreeding cyclePopulation sizeBreeding facilitiesTortoisesValue of hybridsParentageOffspringGenomeHybridsBreeding
2006
Inbreeding Linked to Amphibian Survival in the Wild but Not in the Laboratory
Halverson M, Skelly D, Caccone A. Inbreeding Linked to Amphibian Survival in the Wild but Not in the Laboratory. Journal Of Heredity 2006, 97: 499-507. PMID: 16957048, DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esl019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWood frog larvaeDegree of inbreedingAmphibian survivalMultilocus heterozygosityWood frogsInbreedingFrog larvaeRelatedness estimatorsMeasurements of survivalMicrosatellite analysisWildLarvaeMeasures of growthAffected survivalGrowthHeterozygosityFrogsCaptivitySignificant negative relationshipSurvivalFitnessParentageNegative relationshipDevelopment
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