Defining turtle diversity
Subtitle: proceedings of a workshop on genetics, ethics, and taxonomy of freshwater turtles and tortoises, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 8-12 August 2005
By: edited by H. Bradley Shaffer ... [et al.].
Series: Chelonian research monographs -- no. 4; Chelonian research monographs -- no. 4.
Publisher: Chelonian Research Foundation
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lunenburg, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780965354073; 9780965354080
Subjects: Turtles; Congresses; Genetics; Classification; Conservation
Other titles: Proceedings of a workshop on genetics, ethics, and taxonomy of freshwater turtles and tortoises; Workshop on genetics, ethics, and taxonomy of freshwater turtles and tortoises
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Genetic studies of freshwater turtles and tortoises : a review of the past 70 years / Nancy N. Fitzsimmons and Kristen M. Hart; title: From molecules to organisms : research applications of modern genetic tools for turtle biology and conservation / Suzanne E. McGaugh ... [et al.]; title: Turtle taxonomy : methodology, recommendations, and guidelines / Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (John W. Bickham ... [et al.]); title: In search of the tree of life for turtles / John B. Iverson ... [et al.]; title: Genetic issues in freshwater turtle and tortoise conservation / Turtle Conservation Genetics Working Group (Erika A. Alacs, Fredric J. Janzen, and Kim T. Scribner); title: A compendium of PCR primers for mtDNA, microsatellite, and other nuclear loci for freshwater turtles and tortoises / Tag N. Engstrom ... [et al.]; title: Non-standard sources in a standardized world : responsible practice and ethics of acquiring turtle specimens for scientific use / Russell L. Burke ... [et al.]; title: Responsible vouchering in turtle research : an introduction and recommendations / Cathi Lehn ... [et al.]; title: Genetic considerations for captive breeding and translocation of freshwater turtles and tortoises for conservation / Gracia Patricia Syed ... [et al.]; title: Internet resources for turtle research and conservation / A. Ross Kiester and Brian C. Bock; title: An annotated list of modern turtle terminal taxa, with comments on areas of taxonomic instability and recent change / Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (John W. Bickham ... [et al.]).