Allozyme variation in Schilbe intermedius ruppel, 1832 (Pisces: Siluriformes) from two localities in the limpopo river system, South Africa

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-184

  Engelbrecht, G D ^a   Van Der Bank, F H ^a   Mulder, P F S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allozyme variation; Electrophoresis; Schilbe intermedius

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; SCHILBE INTERMEDIUS; SCHILBEIDAE; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 0030814708     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00291-X     Document Type: Article

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