Genetic analysis of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) and estimates of effective population size
The critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle experienced a dramatic decline in population size (demographic bottleneck) between 1947 and 1987 from 160,000 mature individuals to less than 5000. Demographic bottlenecks can cause genetic bottlenecks where significant losses of genetic diver...
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Texas A&M University
2004
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/220 |