Large allozyme variation within populations and isozyme differences between Clarias gariepinus and C. ngamensis from the Okavango Delta, Botswana

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-315

  Van Der Bank, Herman ^a   Smit, Nico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clariidae; Differentiation; Electrophoresis; Gene loci; Genetic distance; Heterozygosity; Isoenzymes; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CLARIIDAE;

EID: 37149050016     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAS.2007.32.3.12.311     Document Type: Article

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