Phylogeographic patterns in populations of the black-chinned tilapia complex (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from coastal areas in West Africa: Support for the refuge zone theory

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Falk, Thomas M ^a   Teugels, Guy G ^b,c   Abban, Eddie K ^d   Villwock, Wolfgang ^a   Renwrantz, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c Lab for Compar Anat and Biodiv   (Belgium)

^d CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Control region; Historical population structures; MtDNA; Phylogeography; Tilapias; West African refuge zones

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; SAROTHERODON MELANOTHERON; SAROTHERODON NIGRIPINNIS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

EID: 0242668321     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00369-X     Document Type: Article

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