Cristo-Araújo Michelly, Molles David Bronze, Rodrigues Doriane Picanço, Clement Charles R
Instituto de Criminalística do Amazonas-Departamento de Polícia Técnico-Científica-Polícia Civil do Amazonas, Av. Noel Nutels, 300, Cidade Nova, Manaus, AM, 69040-000, Brazil; Laboratório de Evolução Aplicada, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. Gal. Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 3000, Coroado, 69077-000 Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Superintendência Regional de Polícia Federal do Amazonas, Av. Domingos Jorge Velho, 40, Dom Pedro II, 69042-470 Manaus, AM, Brazil; Laboratório de Evolução Aplicada, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. Gal. Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 3000, Coroado, 69077-000 Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Forensic Sci Int. 2017 Apr;273:e15-e17. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.02.009. Epub 2017 Feb 20.
Seeds of a plant, supposedly a palm tree known popularly as peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), were seized by the Federal Police in the state of Pará, Brazil, without documentation of legal origin to authorize transportation and marketing in Brazil. They were alleged to be from the western part of Amazonas, Brazil, near the frontier with Peru and Colombia, justifying the lack of documentation. The species was confirmed to be peach palm. To determine the likely place of origin, a genetic analysis was performed to determine the relationship between the seized seeds and representative populations of peach palm from all of Amazonia, maintained in the Peach palm Core Collection, at the National Research Institute for Amazonia, using nine microsatellite loci. Reynolds' coancestry analysis showed a strong relationship between the seeds and the Pampa Hermosa landrace, around Yurimaguas, Peru. The Structure program, used to infer the probability of an individual belonging to a given population, showed that most seeds grouped with populations close to Yurimaguas, Peru, corroborating the coancestry analysis. The Pampa Hermosa landrace is the main source of spineless peach palm seeds used in the Brazilian heart-of-palm agribusiness, which motivated the smugglers to attempt this biopiracy.
巴西帕拉州的联邦警察查获了一种植物的种子，据推测这种植物是一种俗称桃棕（Bactris gasipaes）的棕榈树，这些种子没有合法来源文件以授权在巴西运输和销售。据称它们来自巴西亚马孙州西部，靠近与秘鲁和哥伦比亚的边境，这也解释了为何没有相关文件。经确认，该物种为桃棕。为确定其可能的原产地，利用9个微卫星位点进行了基因分析，以确定查获种子与保存在亚马孙国家研究所桃棕核心种质库中的来自整个亚马孙地区的桃棕代表性种群之间的关系。雷诺兹共祖分析表明，这些种子与秘鲁尤里马瓜斯附近的潘帕埃尔莫萨地方品种有很强的关系。用于推断个体属于特定种群概率的Structure程序显示，大多数种子与秘鲁尤里马瓜斯附近的种群归为一组，这与共祖分析结果相符。潘帕埃尔莫萨地方品种是巴西棕榈心农业综合企业中使用的无刺桃棕种子的主要来源，这促使走私者企图实施这种生物盗版行为。
