Btec Breeding and genetics

[sleeepy_teo]

So, I'm sitting in my Btec Animal Managment Level 3 Breeding and genetics exam part A. The species we have been given to research and take notes on for the exam in Part B is "Tortoise" species. Can people please give me any resources they have that could help? Anything to do with the genetics, logistics and ethics of turtle breeding and reproduction. My exam ends 4 hours from the time of posting. Thanks in advance.

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Not sure what you are looking for but here are some older articles. I haven't read all these fully, but I am interested in how captive breeding could help the wild populations and have come across these:

Does breeding threaten the stability in the wild?

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Captive-bred-spur-thighed-tortoises-Testudo-graeca-ibera-from-Turkey-are-traded_fig1_239594738

A old ethical guide for tortoise keeping by The Tortoise Trust: https://www.tortoisetrust.org/activities/ethics.htm

Captive tortoises as a resevoir for censervation: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-013-0458-y

Using exotic tortoises as ecological replacements: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0039395

Captive breeding of hybrids of an extinct species: https://molecularecology.flinders.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/199_capttort_CB.pdf

 

[Josh]

Welcome to the forum @sleeepy_teo ! How'd it go?

 

[sleeepy_teo]

Welcome to the forum @sleeepy_teo ! How'd it go?

Naw thanks Josh, been lurking here for awhile thought it was time to post something hahah. It went well! Everyone else was very annoyed to get any sort of reptile but I was buzzing! I have the actual exam next week so we'll see. Going to make my tort intro post soon hehe