a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number QH541.15

b Item number .R43 2012

a Personal name Wright L.I.

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title Reconstruction of paternal genotypes over multiple breeding seasons reveals male green turtles do not breed annually.

c Statement of responsibility, etc Lucy I. Wright, Wayne J. Fuller, Brendan J. Godley, Andrew M. Gowan, Tom Tregenza and Annette C. Broderick.

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2012.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Blackwell Publishing Ltd.,

a Summary, etc For species of conservation concern, knowledge of key life-history and demographic components, such as the number and sex ratio of breeding adults, is essential for accurate assessments of population viability. Species with temperature-dependent sex determination can produce heavily biased primary sex ratios, and there is concern that adult sex ratios may be similarly skewed or will become so as a result of climate warming. Prediction and mitigation of such impacts are difficult when life-history information is lacking. In marine turtles, owing to the difficultly in observing males at sea, the breeding interval of males is unknown. It has been suggested that male breeding periodicity may be shorter than that of females, which could help to compensate for generally female-biased sex ratios. Here we outline how the use of molecular-based paternity analysis has allowed us, for the first time, to assess the breeding interval of male marine turtles across multiple breeding seasons. In our study rookery of green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ), 97 % of males were assigned offspring in only one breeding season within the 3-year study period, strongly suggesting that male breeding intervals are frequently longer than 1 year at this site. Our results also reveal a sex ratio of breeding adults of at least 1.3 males to each female. This study illustrates the utility of molecular-based parentage inference using reconstruction of parental genotypes as a method for monitoring the number and sex ratio of breeders in species where direct observations or capture are difficult.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Molecular Ecology

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Loggerhead turtle

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Breeding frequency

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Chelonia mydas

a Main entry heading Molecular Ecology

g Relationship information 2012, Vol 21,p3625–3635

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05616.x