Genetic diversity within the genus Cynotilapia and its phylogenetic position among Lake Malawi's mbuna cichlids

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1195-1202

  Kassam, Daud ^a   Seki, Shingo ^a   Rusuwa, Bosco ^b   Ambali, Aggrey J D ^b   Yamaoka, Kosaku ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

AFLP; Heterozygosity; Mbuna; Nuclear genome; Polymorphism; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; LAKE; MALAWI; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

CICHLIDAE; CYNOTILAPIA; CYNOTILAPIA AFRA; MAYLANDIA;

EID: 27144487466     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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