The objective of this work was to evaluate the existence of matrilineal genetic structure in maçaranduba (Manilkara huberi). Evaluations were performed for 481 adult individuals of M. huberi, distributed in 200 hectares of a natural population in the Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, Belterra, PA, Brazil, and 88 plantules, based on nine chloroplast microsatellite loci and, of 96 individuals, selected randomly in the 200 ha area, it was carried out the sequencing of three intergenic regions from the cpDNA. No sequence polymorphism was detected. The analysis of the haplotypic variability showed a relatively low polymorphism, which resulted in 15 haplotypes, with total genetic diversity (hT) of 0.898. Significant genetic structure until 250 m was detected, which indicates that seeds are restrictedly dispersed and confirms the pattern of spatial organization of the genetic variability, showed by the nuclear DNA analysis. This indicates isolation by distance and the need of maintenance of primary forest large areas to allow the surviving of a greater number of subpopulations.
conservation; spatial genetic structure; maçaranduba; management; microsatellite; sequencing
