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Title: | Phylogeography and population genetics of the endangered Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis Natterer, 1883 (Mammalia, Sirenia) |
Authors: | Cantanhede, Andréa Martins Silva, Vera Maria Ferreira da Farias, Izeni P. Hrbek, Tomas Lazzarini, Stella Maris Alves-Gomes, José Antônio |
Keywords: | Dna, Mitochondrial Primer Dna Animals Biological Model Comparative Study Demography Dna Sequence Genetic Variability Genetics Geography Haplotype Molecular Genetics Nucleotide Sequence Phylogeny Genetics, Population Sequence Alignment Statistical Model Trichechus Inunguis Animal Base Sequence Demography Dna Primers Dna, Mitochondrial Genetics, Population Geography Haplotypes Likelihood Functions Models, Genetic Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Sequence Alignment Sequence Analysis, Dna Trichechus Inunguis Variation (genetics) Mammalia Sirenia Trichechus Trichechus Inunguis Trichechus Manatus Vertebrata |
Issue Date: | 2005 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Molecular Ecology |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 14, Número 2, Pags. 401-413 |
Abstract: | We used mitochondrial DNA control region sequences to examine phylogeography and population differentiation of the endangered Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis. We observe lack of molecular differentiation among localities and we find weak association between geographical and genetic distances. However, nested clade analysis supports restricted gene flow and/or dispersal with some long-distance dispersal. Although this species has a history of extensive hunting, genetic diversity and effective population sizes are relatively high when compared to the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus. Patterns of mtDNA haplotype diversity in T. inunguis suggest a genetic disequilibrium most likely explained by demographic expansion resulting from secession of hunting and enforcement of conservation and protective measures. Phylogenetic analysis of T. manatus and T. inunguis haplotypes suggests that T. inunguis is nested within T. manatus, effectively making T. manatus a paraphyletic entity. Paraphyly of T. manatus and recent divergence times of T. inunguis and the three main T. manatus lineages suggest a possible need for a taxonomic re-evaluation of the western Atlantic Trichechus. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02413.x |
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