Individual natal assignment in highly migratory species: the genomic baseline and its application in loggerhead turtles
Patricia Astrid Luna-Ortíz, Anna Barbanti, Cinta Pegueroles, F. Alberto Abreu‐Grobois, Paolo Casale, Daniela Freggi, Silvia Giralt, Elizabeth Labastida‐Estrada, Raúl Llera‐Herrera, Salima Machkour‐M’Rabet, Adolfo Marco, Dimitris Margaritoulis, Oğuz Türkozan, Marta Pascual Berniola, Carlos Carreras
The paper builds a genomic baseline for loggerhead turtles to assign natal origins of unknown individuals from mixed aggregations using 2b-RAD sequencing.
bioRxiv · May 10, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology