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| Vilaça,Sibelle T.; Santos,Fabricio R.. |
| Abstract The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) is an endangered subspecies of the West Indian manatee (T. manatus), which inhabits inland and marine waters of southeastern United States. In this study, we assembled the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) of the Florida manatee from whole genome shotgun reads. As a result, we show that the currently annotated T. manatus mtDNA belongs to a different species, the Amazonian manatee (T. inunguis). The newly assembled Florida manatee mtDNA is 16,881 bp in length, with 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and one non-coding control region (D-loop). Phylogenetic analysis based on the control region indicates the newly assembled mtDNA is haplotype A01, characteristic... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Trichechus manatus; Florida manatee; Amazonian manatee; Mitochondrial genome. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572019000500201 |
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| Foppel, Ernesto Frederico da Costa; Instituto Mamíferos Aquáticos; Ferrari, Stephen Francis. |
| The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus) is the most threatened aquatic mammal in Brazil. It was considered to be extinct in Sergipe until 1998, when a re-introduced animal (Astro) arrived. Given plans for the re-introduction of more animals, a survey was conducted of the waterside communities of the animal’s home range, on the southern coast of Sergipe. Between March and November, 2009, 27 people were interviewed in 12 communities, using a 14-item questionnaire. All the interviewees knew Astro and were familiar with his behaviour. The primary source of tension between the animal and the community is its habit of approaching vessels and, in particular, fishing equipment. Some fishermen reported that he takes fish from their nets. While most local... |
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Palavras-chave: 2.01.00.00-0 antillean manatee; Trichechus manatus; Sergipe behaviour; Conservation; Communities Biologia Geral. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/10158 |
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