Genetic characterization of native and introduced populations of the neotropical cichlid genus Cichla in Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Daniel Cardoso De Carvalho²  Denise Aparecida Andrade De Oliveira²  José Enemir Dos Santos¹  Peter Teske¹  Luciano B. Beheregaray¹  Horacio Schneider¹  Iracilda Sampaio¹ 

[1],Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Escola de Veterinária Departamento de ZootecniaBelo Horizonte MG ,Brazil

关键词: peacock bass or tucunaré;    mtDNA;    invasive populations;    Amazon basin;    Minas Gerais;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-47572009005000060

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A molecular phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial 16S ribosomal DNA and Control Region sequences from native and introduced populations was undertaken, in order to characterize the introduction of Cichla (peacock bass or tucunaré) species in Brazil. Mitochondrial DNA haplotypes found in introduced fish from Minas Gerais state (southeastern Brazil) clustered only with those from native species of the Tocantins River (Cichla piquiti and C. kelberi), thereby suggesting a single or, at most, few translocation acts in this area, even though with fish from the same source-population. Our study contributes to an understanding of the introduction of Cichla in regions of Brazil outside the Amazon basin, and adds phylogenetic data to the recently describe Cichla species, endemic from the Tocantins-Araguaia basin.

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