Impact of rifting and hydrography on the genetic structure of Clarias gariepinus in eastern Africa

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1252-1266

  Giddelo, C S ^a,b   Arndt, A D ^a,c   Volckaert, F A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (Belgium)

^c BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

African catfish; Hydrography; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; RFLP PCR; Savannah

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYDROGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFTING;

AFRICA;

CATFISH; CLARIAS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; TANA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036587973     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.1942     Document Type: Article

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