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Ausgestorbene Riesenschildkröte - 1000 Jahre alte DNA entschlüsselt

Genetische Untersuchung geben Einblicke in die Evolution der "Bahamas-Schildkröte"

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Wissenschaftler von Senckenberg und der Universität Potsdam haben das Erbgut der ausgestorbenen Riesenschildkröte Chelonoidis alburyorum untersucht. Dem internationalen Team gelang es erstmalig eine vollständige DNA-Sequenz der tropischen Tiere zu gewinnen. Das Erbgut offenbart, dass die Bahamas-Schildkröten nahe Verwandte der Galapagos-Schildkröten und der südamerikanischen Chaco-Schildkröten waren. In ihrer heute im Fachjournal der Royal Society of London "Proceedings B" erschienenen Studie zeigen sie zudem, dass die Tiere vom Menschen ausgerottet wurden.

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