First DNA evidence on the occurrence of Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis in northern Philippine waters

Table 1 Average pairwise genetic distances between D-loop sequences of Philippine Bluefin tuna and reference species

		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Philippine Bluefin Tuna D-loop
2	Thunnus orientalis	0.034
3	Thunnus thynnus	0.115	0.117
4	Thunnus alalunga	0.112	0.111	0.108
5	Thunnus maccoyii	0.155	0.147	0.128	0.155
6	Thunnus obesus	0.121	0.124	0.108	0.134	0.099
7	Katsuwonus pelamis	0.333	0.338	0.355	0.363	0.339	0.329

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