Contrasting Patterns of Inbreeding and Inbreeding Depression in Co‐Occurring Spotted Turtle and Eastern Box Turtle Populations
Paige K Madden, Sarah E Carter, Austin C Hulbert, Henry M Streby, Jeanine M Refsnider · 2025
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Paige Madden and co-authors compare inbreeding in two turtle kinds that share rare grass plains in Ohio and Michigan, in a study from 2025. Both kinds have shrunk as farms and roads ate their home. The spotted kind now lives in smaller, more lone groups, so the team guessed it would show more harm from kin mating than the box kind.
Counts, patch size, home range, and stress marks all ran worse for the spotted kind, as guessed. Yet the box kind held the higher kin marks, and its eggs hatched less and its young lived less past winter. That flip hints that kin harm has bit the box kind, not the spotted. The authors urge guard of whole tracts and links between groups.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Paige K Madden, Sarah E Carter, Austin C Hulbert, Henry M Streby, Jeanine M Refsnider |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |