Genetic markers provide insight on origins of immature green turtles Chelonia mydas with biased sex ratios at foraging grounds in Sabah, Malaysia

An understanding of population dynamics is needed to assess the viability of migratory species. Monitoring of marine turtles at foraging grounds may detect changes in population trends that would take decades to be seen at nesting beaches. Mixed Stock Analysis using molecular markers provides a tool for estimating the origin of turtles sampled at foraging grounds. Here, we analysed mitochondrial DNA sequences of 90 immature green turtles at 2 foraging grounds in northwestern Sabah, Malaysia. We used data from 30 Indo-Pacific green turtle rookeries as the baseline for tracing the origin of turt... Mehr ...