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How elephants beat cancer by Gaughran, Stephen J, Pless, Evlyn, Stearns, Stephen C

“…Elephants have significantly reduced their risk of cancer by duplicating an important gene called …”
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The Galapagos giant tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus is not extinct by Jensen, Evelyn L., Gaughran, Stephen J., Fusco, Nicole A., Poulakakis, Nikos, Tapia, Washington, Sevilla, Christian, Málaga, Jeffreys, Mariani, Carol, Gibbs, James P., Caccone, Adalgisa

“…The status of the Fernandina Island Galapagos giant tortoise ( Chelonoidis phantasticus ) has been a mystery, with the species known from a single specimen…”
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Pleistocene parades of carnivores into North America by Gaughran, Stephen J., vonHoldt, Bridgett

“…The distribution and movement of species, broadly known as biogeography, is one of the fundamental subfields of ecology and evolutionary biology. However,…”
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Demographic history and patterns of molecular evolution from whole genome sequencing in the radiation of Galapagos giant tortoises by Jensen, Evelyn L., Gaughran, Stephen J., Garrick, Ryan C., Russello, Michael A., Caccone, Adalgisa

“…Whole genome sequencing provides deep insights into the evolutionary history of a species, including patterns of diversity, signals of selection, and…”
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Coyotes in New York City Carry Variable Genomic Dog Ancestry and Influence Their Interactions with Humans by Caragiulo, Anthony, Gaughran, Stephen J, Duncan, Neil, Nagy, Christopher, Weckel, Mark, vonHoldt, Bridgett M

“…Coyotes are ubiquitous on the North American landscape as a result of their recent expansion across the continent. They have been documented in the heart of…”
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Fine-scale distribution of juvenile Atlantic and Mediterranean loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea by Clusa, Marcel, Carreras, Carlos, Pascual, Marta, Gaughran, Stephen J, Piovano, Susanna, Giacoma, Cristina, Fernández, Gloria, Levy, Yaniv, Tomás, Jesús, Raga, Juan Antonio, Maffucci, Fulvio, Hochscheid, Sandra, Aguilar, Alex, Cardona, Luis

“…Loggerhead turtles nesting in the Mediterranean Sea exhibit remarkable genetic structuring. This paper tests the hypothesis that young loggerhead turtles from…”
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Giant tortoise genomes provide insights into longevity and age-related disease by Quesada, Víctor, Freitas-Rodríguez, Sandra, Miller, Joshua, Pérez-Silva, José G., Jiang, Zi-Feng, Tapia, Washington, Santiago-Fernández, Olaya, Campos-Iglesias, Diana, Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Quinzin, Maud, Álvarez, Miguel G., Carrero, Dido, Beheregaray, Luciano B., Gibbs, James P., Chiari, Ylenia, Glaberman, Scott, Ciofi, Claudio, Araujo-Voces, Miguel, Mayoral, Pablo, Arango, Javier R., Tamargo-Gómez, Isaac, Roiz-Valle, David, Pascual-Torner, María, Evans, Benjamin R., Edwards, Danielle L., Garrick, Ryan C., Russello, Michael A., Poulakakis, Nikos, Gaughran, Stephen J., Rueda, Danny O., Bretones, Gabriel, Marquès-Bonet, Tomàs, White, Kevin P., Caccone, Adalgisa, López-Otín, Carlos

“…Giant tortoises are among the longest-lived vertebrate animals and, as such, provide an excellent model to study traits like longevity and age-related…”
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Theory, practice, and conservation in the age of genomics: The Galápagos giant tortoise as a case study by Gaughran, Stephen J., Quinzin, Maud C., Miller, Joshua M., Garrick, Ryan C., Edwards, Danielle L., Russello, Michael A., Poulakakis, Nikos, Ciofi, Claudio, Beheregaray, Luciano B., Caccone, Adalgisa

“…High‐throughput DNA sequencing allows efficient discovery of thousands of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in nonmodel species. Population genetic theory…”
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Potential bycatch impact on distinct sea turtle populations is dependent on fishing ground rather than gear type in the Mediterranean Sea by Clusa, Marcel, Carreras, Carlos, Pascual, Marta, Gaughran, Stephen J., Piovano, Susanna, Avolio, Diego, Ollano, Gepi, Fernández, Gloria, Tomás, Jesús, Raga, Juan Antonio, Aguilar, Alex, Cardona, Luis

“…Bycatch is one of the main threats affecting marine megafauna worldwide, not only because of its prevalence, but also because the impact of high levels of…”
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A Chromosome-Length Assembly of the Hawaiian Monk Seal ( Neomonachus schauinslandi ): A History of "Genetic Purging" and Genomic Stability by Mohr, David W, Gaughran, Stephen J, Paschall, Justin, Naguib, Ahmed, Pang, Andy Wing Chun, Dudchenko, Olga, Aiden, Erez Lieberman, Church, Deanna M, Scott, Alan F

“…The Hawaiian monk seal (HMS) is the single extant species of tropical earless seals of the genus The species survived a severe bottleneck in the late 19th…”
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Predicting connectivity of green turtles at Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific: a focus on mtDNA and dispersal modelling by Naro-Maciel, Eugenia, Gaughran, Stephen J., Putman, Nathan F., Amato, George, Arengo, Felicity, Dutton, Peter H., McFadden, Katherine W., Vintinner, Erin C., Sterling, Eleanor J.

“…Population connectivity and spatial distribution are fundamentally related to ecology, evolution and behaviour. Here, we combined powerful genetic analysis…”
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Whole-genome sequencing confirms multiple species of Galapagos giant tortoises by Gaughran, Stephen J, Gray, Rachel, Ochoa, Alexander, Jones, Menna, Fusco, Nicole, Miller, Joshua M, Poulakakis, Nikos, de Queiroz, Kevin, Caccone, Adalgisa, Jensen, Evelyn L

“…Abstract Galapagos giant tortoises are endemic to the Galapagos Archipelago, where they are found in isolated populations. While these populations are widely…”
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Whole-genome sequencing confirms multiple species of Galapagos giant tortoises by Gaughran, Stephen J, Gray, Rachel, Ochoa, Alexander, Jones, Menna, Fusco, Nicole, Miller, Joshua M, Poulakakis, Nikos, de Queiroz, Kevin, Caccone, Adalgisa, Jensen, Evelyn L

“…Galapagos giant tortoises are endemic to the Galapagos Archipelago, where they are found in isolated populations. While these populations are widely considered…”
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