Genetic changes during mass selection for growth in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), assessed by microsatellites

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-78

  Romana Eguia, Maria Rowena R ^a,b   Ikeda, Minoru ^b   Basiao, Zubaida U ^a   Taniguchi, Nobuhiko ^b  

^a SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department   (Philippines)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Inbreeding; Mass selection; Microsatellite; Nile tilapia

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BODY SIZE; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH; INBREEDING;

OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 12444289586     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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