Genetic affinities of an introduced predator: Nile perch in Lake Victoria, East Africa

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 849-857

  Hauser, L ^a   Carvalho, G R ^a   Pitcher, Tony J ^b   Ogutu Ohwayo, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Fisheries Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Fisheries genetics; Genetic variability; Introduced species; Lake Victoria, Lates niloticus

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; GENETIC CHANGE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC DRIFT; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; LAKE; LATES MACROPHTHALMUS; POPULATION GROWTH;

LATES NILOTICUS;

EID: 0031878533     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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