The largest fish in the world's biggest river: Genetic connectivity and conservation of Arapaima gigas in the Amazon and Araguaia-Tocantins drainages.

The largest fish in the world's biggest river: Genetic connectivity and conservation of Arapaima gigas in the Amazon and Araguaia-Tocantins drainages.

Arapaima, pirarucu or paiche (Arapaima gigas) is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world, and has a long history of commercial exploitation in the Amazon region. To estimate levels of genetic variability and historical and recent connectivity in Arapaima, we examined variation in eleven micr...

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Main Authors: Izeni Pires Farias, Stuart Willis, Adam Leão, Júlia Tovar Verba, Marcelo Crossa, Fausto Foresti, Fabio Porto-Foresti, Iracilda Sampaio, Tomas Hrbek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220882

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220882

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