Scientists Discover Tortoises With Genes Similar to Ecuador’s "Lonesome George"

Scientists Discover Tortoises With Genes Similar to Ecuador’s “Lonesome George”

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Posted: 21 November 2012 08:05 PM

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Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his species, is not gone forever, since his genes survive in 17 tortoises living in a volcano in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuadorian officials said on Wednesday.

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