Hi Yaniv,
good to hear from you. We have been carrying out the sane study in Turkey with both green and
loggerhead turtles. You will hear about the preliminary results in Tunisia soon.
best
Oguz
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 03:17:47 -0700 (PDT), yaniv levy wrote
> Dear Turtlers,
> During a genetic research conducted at the Marine Sciences School of
> the Ruppin Academic center by Prof. Adam Fridmann and Dr. Yaron
> Tikochinski, we studied the Green Sea turtle population in the
> Mediterranean, where it is critically endangered. We have found no
> variability in all but two samples of mitochondrial DNA D-loop
> regions. Looking at 4 micro satellites improved things, but we
> needed more variability. We have since discovered several regions of
> DNA sequence with higher polymorphism. In order to further widen our
> conclusions, we will need DNA samples of Green Sea Turtles from
> different "genetic populations" around the globe. We will be
> grateful for your collaboration by sending us samples of green sea
> turtles within and outside the Mediterranean Sea. All of the
> collaborators will be considered as authors in the published
> scientific papers and will be updated during our research. Please
> contact us directly to our emails for further details and collaborations.
> Yaniv Levy: [log in to unmask]
> Dr. Yaron Tikotchinski: [log in to unmask]
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> Best regards,
> Yaniv Levy
>
>
>
> Yaniv Levy
> Sea turtle project coordinator
> Sea Turtle Rescue Center - Director
> ISRAEL National Nature and Parks Authority
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