Description: Homepage of Dr. Miguel Vences
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Evolutionary Biologist, Herpetologist, Photographer
Please use the links below to explore my publications, photo gallery, CV, or go to the Vences lab webpage at TU Braunschweig
Once upon a time, Madagascar was home to giant tortoises that roamed especially the dry western biomes of the island. Despite the existence of numerous fossil remains, the species diversity and relationships of these creatures remained obscure. Within a larger effort to elucidate the extinct tortoise diversity across archipelagos and landmasses of the Indian Ocean, a study led by Christian Kehlmaier and Uwe Fritz now contributed a molecular perspective on this topic. Complete mitogenomes and nuclear genes s