Authors: M P Lima T Campos A C B Sousa A P Souza V M F AlmeidaVal
Publish Date: 2010/05/07
Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 215-218
Abstract
Cichla monoculus is an endemic species from Amazon basin and one of the main predators in the Amazon Rivers It is widely commercialized as food becoming one of the main items in Amazonian fisheries Despite its economic importance there are few genetic population studies in its natural environment The present contribution describes 12 microsatellite loci used to analyze 27 individuals of C monoculus The number of alleles for each locus ranged from 2 to 13 The observed H O and expected H E heterozygosity values ranged from 045 to 094 and 045 to 090 respectively Out of 12 polymorphic loci nine did not deviate from Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium after Bonferroni correction A crossamplification test with five different species suggests potential transferability of all analyzed loci
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