Microsatellite loci development and population genetics in Neotropical fish Curimata mivartii (Characiformes: Curimatidae)

The Curimatidae family plays an ecological role in the recycling and distribution of nutrients and constitutes a major food source for several commercially important fishes. , a member of this family, is considered a short-distance migratory species (≤100 km), categorized by the International Union...

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Published in:PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) CA), 2018-11, Vol.6, p.e5959-e5959, Article e5959
Main Authors: Landínez-García, Ricardo M, Marquez, Edna J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquaculture
Commercial fishing
Conservation
Curimata mivartii
Curimatidae
Ecology
Fish
Fisheries
Fisheries and Fish Science
Food sources
Freshwater Biology
Freshwater fish
Gene flow
Genetic diversity
Genetics
Lakes
Migratory species
Molecular biology
Molecular marker
Nutrients
Outlier loci
Population genetics
Population studies
Rivers
Software
Threatened species
Zoology
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Summary:The Curimatidae family plays an ecological role in the recycling and distribution of nutrients and constitutes a major food source for several commercially important fishes. , a member of this family, is considered a short-distance migratory species (≤100 km), categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as a near threatened species, based on its declining population densities and habitat disturbance and fragmentation. Since population genetics and species-specific molecular tools remain unknown for all members of the Curimatidae family, this study developed a set of microsatellite loci and studied the population genetics of in the lower section of the Colombian Magdalena-Cauca basin. The results showed high levels of genetic diversity and evidence of gene flow even between locations separated over 350 km. This information provides a baseline for designing conservation and management programs for and constitutes the first study of population genetics in Curimatidae.
ISSN:2167-8359
2167-8359
DOI:10.7717/peerj.5959