We studied the genetic variability of Dipteryx ferrea shihuahuaco in seven natural populations from the Peruvian Amazon using nine microsatellite loci. The results showed a high genetic diversity shown by the high polymorphism (total alleles = 135, mean alleles per locus = 15 ± 6 alleles) and allelic richness (Macuya = 11 and Iñapari = 8, maximum and minimum allelic richness, respectively). The analysis of principal components showed a strong overlap among the populations, which added to the low values of interpopulation genetic distance (from 0.07 to 0.10), reveals a high genetic similarity among populations. The dendrogram based on the genetic distance of Shared Allele showed populations clustered in three main groups, the first formed by Manu and Iñapari populations (group A, bootstrap = 91%), the second by Contamana and Macuya (group B, 60%), and the third by Tamaya, Santa Clara e...

We studied the genetic variability of Dipteryx ferrea shihuahuaco in seven natural populations from the Peruvian Amazon using nine microsatellite loci. The results showed a high genetic diversity shown by the high polymorphism (total alleles = 135, mean alleles per locus = 15 ± 6 alleles) and allelic richness (Macuya = 11 and Iñapari = 8, maximum and minimum allelic richness, respectively). The analysis of principal components showed a strong overlap among the populations, which added to the low values of interpopulation genetic distance (from 0.07 to 0.10), reveals a high genetic similarity among populations. The dendrogram based on the genetic distance of Shared Allele showed populations clustered in three main groups, the first formed by Manu and Iñapari populations (group A, bootstrap = 91%), the second by Contamana and Macuya (group B, 60%), and the third by Tamaya, Santa Clara e...