The Atlantic Goliath Grouper: Conservation Strategies for a Critically Endangered Species in Brazil

Hostim‐Silva, Maurício; Bertoncini, Áthila Andrade; Borgonha, Maíra; Leite, Jonas Rodrigues; Freitas, Matheus Oliveira; Daros, Felippe Alexandre; Bueno, Leonardo S.; Farro, Ana Paula Cazerta; Koenig, Christopher C.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56985-7_14

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“…Phylogeographic studies serve as a valuable tool in conservation biology [1][2][3][4], not only to help understand the evolutionary history of a species but for providing insight into a species' genetic diversity, which further enables proper assessment of the impact of various threats [5,6]. The use of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been applied in molecular analyses to aid conservation studies to investigate the genetic diversity and genetic structure of a species and identify any evolutionarily significant units [7][8][9][10][11][12]. Furthermore, phylogeographic studies are used to understand the role of paleogeographical events and demographic processes in shaping diversification within a species and the geographical distribution of the lineages [13].…”

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Contribution to the phylogeography of the nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes, Linnaeus, 1758) in the Central Balkan Peninsula

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Stamenković

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et al. 2019

ARCH BIOL SCI BELGRA

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Seven genetic clades have been recognized within the species Vipera ammodytes (nose-horned viper); however, the precise phylogenetic position of many Balkan populations is unknown. We used Bayesian analysis of the mtDNA sequences from the 16S rRNA mtDNA gene obtained from 47 individuals (26 novel samples sequenced in this study and 21 sequences available from GenBank). Our results show that sampled nose-horned vipers from localities in Serbia are clustered within three clades: the northeastern (23 individuals), the northwestern (two individuals) and the southeastern (one individual). Results revealed an overlapping distribution of the northeastern and the northwestern clades in two populations. We have revealed that the northeastern clade extends further south than previously suggested, to the Ohrid/Prespa lakes in North Macedonia. Our findings contribute to the knowledge of the genetic diversity of this species in Serbia and help to clarify the geographical distributions of mtDNA-defined clades.

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