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Genetic differentiation and gene flow of the Amazonian catfish Pseudoplatystoma punctifer across the Madeira River rapids prior to the construction of hydroelectric dams

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The large catfish Pseudoplatystoma punctifer plays an important role as a top predator in the Amazonian Basin ecosystem. The Madeira River is the largest tributary of the Amazon River marked by a series of rapids and waterfalls. Between 2011 and 2012 some of the rapids were submerged by two hydroelectric dams. Upstream and downstream of the rapids are two sub-basins Mamoré/Guaporé and lower Madeira, respectively. Using mitochondrial and microsatellite markers, we estimated genetic diversity, genetic differentiation, and gene flow between sub-basins and tested if the rapids functioned as barriers limiting the gene flow for this species of catfish. We identified three population clusters, one representing the individuals from the Mamoré/Guaporé sub-basin (upstream) and the other two representing the individuals from the lower Madeira sub-basin (downstream). The rapids restricted but did not block gene flow, which corroborates a clinal pattern of genetic differentiation.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (stand rate from ASCM) and Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM) J. S. B. Protocolo 8058.UNI300.276.08112012. IBAMA granted the Permissions (N8 s 130 and 14278-1) and SISBIO (solicitation Nº 50486). We would also like to thank Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and CNPq (Process: 141556/20170) for the scholarship granted to A. S. C. M. during study this study. This work is a part of ASCM PhD thesis in the Genetics, Conservation in Evolutionary Biology program of INPA. In memory of Fabíola Almeida Marques.

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  1. Antonio Saulo Cunha-Machado

    Present address: Laboratório de Biologia Molecular (LBM), Centro de Biotecnologia da Amazônia - (CBA/SUFRAMA), Av. Gov. Danilo de Matos Areosa, 690 – Distrito Industrial, Manaus, Amazonas, 69075-351, Brazil

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Coordenação de Biodiversidade (COBIO), Coordenação de Pesquisas (COPES), Laboratório Temático de Biologia Molecular (LTBM), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Manaus, AM, CEP 69060-001, Brazil

    Antonio Saulo Cunha-Machado, Maria Doris Escobar, Kyara Martins Formiga & Jacqueline da Silva Batista

  2. Laboratório de Evolução e Genética Animal (LEGAL), Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, Brazil

    Izeni Pires Farias & Tomas Hrbek

  3. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva (PPG-GCBEv), (INPA), Manaus, AM, CEP 69011-970, Brazil

    Antonio Saulo Cunha-Machado, Izeni Pires Farias, Tomas Hrbek, José Antônio Alves-Gomes, Kyara Martins Formiga & Jacqueline da Silva Batista

  4. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Pesqueiras nos Trópicos, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, Brazil

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  5. Coordenação de Biodiversidade (COBIO), Laboratório Temático de Biologia Molecular (LTBM), Laboratório de Fisiologia Comportamental e Evolução (LFCE), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Manaus, AM, CEP 69060-001, Brazil

    José Antônio Alves-Gomes

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Cunha-Machado, A.S., Farias, I.P., Hrbek, T. et al. Genetic differentiation and gene flow of the Amazonian catfish Pseudoplatystoma punctifer across the Madeira River rapids prior to the construction of hydroelectric dams. Hydrobiologia 849, 29–46 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04705-8

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