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Mitochondrial DNA differentiation among East and West African Nile tilapia populations
Author(s) -
Rog X.,
Guyomard R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb02525.x
Subject(s) - biology , nile tilapia , mitochondrial dna , restriction fragment length polymorphism , zoology , variation (astronomy) , genetic variation , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , genetics , oreochromis , polymerase chain reaction , gene , physics , astrophysics
Variation of the ND5/6 mtDNA fragment was studied in six Nile tilapia populations using PCR and RFLP analysis. The observed variation allows a strict discrimination between eastern and western African populations.