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LOPERA BARRERO, N.M. et al. Genetic diversity of Piaractus mesopotamicus stocks used in stocking programs. Arch. zootec. [online]. 2010, vol.59, n.225, pp.51-62. ISSN 1885-4494.

Nowadays it has been verified the decrease and the disappearance of many fish species in several aquatic environments in the Brazil. As form of minimizing that impact, stocking programs come being used with more intensity, meantime, little importance has been given to the genetic variability, fundamental parameter for any conservation practices. The objective of this study was to analyze the genetic diversity of Piaractus mesopotamicus stocks used in stocking programs, through the RAPD molecular marker. Sixty broodstocks of two fish farms stations located in the Sapopema (S) and Cambará (C) cities in the Paraná State (Brazil) and 30 larvae of the Sapopema offspring (PS) were analyzed. The 10 selected primers yielded 69 fragments of which 62 (89.85%) were polymorphic. Differences (p<0.05) in the frequency of 42 fragments were observed, with four exclusive for the Sapopema stock. The genetic variability results estimated by the percentage of polymorphic fragments (S: 70.15%; PS: 73.13% and C: 77.81%) and for the genetic diversity of Shannon index (S: 0.365; PS: 0.379 and C: 0.468) showed that the genetic variability was maintained in the offspring, due possibly to the good reproductive management. On the other hand, the opposing genetic variability among the two broodstocks indicated a genetic differentiation among them, possibly due to the founder effect. According with the AMOVA, most of the variation is within each stock (62.43%). This result was corroborated with the F_ST (0.375) values and the effective number of migrants (2.20) that showed a high genetic differentiation and a low gene flow. It was also verified that S and SP were those but similar genetically (genetic identity, IG= 0.851) and that S and C presented less genes in common (IG= 0.786).

Palavras-chave : Conservation genetics; Pacu; Fish; Offspring.

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