Genetic structure of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations nesting in the northwest Atlantic inferred from mitochondrial DNA

• Main Author: Shamblin, Brian Michael
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: uga 2011
• Subjects: loggerhead turtle; Caretta caretta; green turtle; Chelonia mydas; population structure; mitochondrial DNA; mitogenome; Buck Island; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/27297; http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/shamblin_brian_m_201105_phd

Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms have been widely utilized to assess demographic connectivity of marine turtle rookeries, including those of the southeastern United States of America (USA). This region hosts the largest nesting aggregation of loggerhead turtles in the Atlantic and one of two globally...