Genetic and geographical insights call for early conservation of Mae Hong Son’s blue mahseer to prevent population crisis

• Tavun Pongsanarm ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TP, TP and TB also contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Thitipong Panthum ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TP, TP and TB also contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forest, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Trifan Budi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TP, TP and TB also contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Wongsathit Wongloet,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Aingorn Chaiyes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, School of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi, Thailand

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• Chadaphon Thatukan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Sciences for Industry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Wattanawan Jaito,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Sciences for Industry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Chananya Patta,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Sciences for Industry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Worapong Singchat,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forest, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Prateep Duengkae,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forest, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Narongrit Muangmai,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forest, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Fishery Biology, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Kiatisak Wangwon,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tham Pla—Namtok Pha Suea National Park, Huai Pha, Mueang Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son, Thailand

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• Kornsorn Srikulnath

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kornsorn.s@ku.ac.th

  Affiliations Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forest, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Biodiversity Center Kasetsart University (BDCKU), Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5985-7258

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