Revisiting the genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) breeding populations in the Xisha (Paracel) Islands, South China Sea

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Introduction

Materials and Methods

Sampling

Laboratory work

Data analysis

Sequence composition analysis

Haplotype and genetic diversity analysis

Population genetic differentiation analysis

Population dynamic history analysis

Results

Sequence composition

Haplotype and genetic diversity

Population genetic differentiation

Population dynamic history

Discussion

Supplemental Information

Sampling Information of Chelonia mydas in the Xisha Islands (Paracel).

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15115/supp-1

Construct the D-loop haplotype alignment sequence of the ML tree.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15115/supp-2

ML tree of 26 D-loop haplotypes (384 bp) from rookeries of C. mydas in the Indo-Pacific and Japan regions, including 15 haplotypes from the Xisha Islands.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15115/supp-3

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Meimei Li conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Ting Zhang performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Yunteng Liu performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Yupei Li performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Jonathan J. Fong analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Yangfei Yu performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Jichao Wang analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Hai-tao Shi conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Liu Lin conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Animal Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

Full approval for this study was provided by Animal Research Ethics Committee of Hainan Provincial Education Center for Ecology and Environment, Hainan Normal University (HNECEE- 2012-005).

DNA Deposition

The following information was supplied regarding the deposition of DNA sequences:

Sequences are available at the National Center for Biotechnology information: OP320709OP320723, OK284742, OK324138.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The data is available in the Supplemental Files.

Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31960101, 32170532, 32160135) and the Innovative Research projects for postgraduate of Hainan Province (Qhyb2021-53). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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