Genetic diversity and structuring in the arapaima (Osteoglossiformes, Osteoglossidae) population reveal differences between the Amazon and the Tocantins-Araguaia basins

Abstract Arapaima is a widely-distributed fish of enormous economic importance in the Amazon region. In the present study, a total of 232 specimens were sampled, 121 from five sites in the Amazon basin and 111 from five sites in the Tocantins-Araguaia basin. The analyses investigated fragments of t...

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Main Authors: Fabrícia Nogueira, Péricles S. do Rêgo, Helder Queiroz, Paulo Venere, Eduardo S. Varela, Iracilda Sampaio, Horacio Schneider, Juliana Araripe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2020-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652020000100703&tlng=en