Elevated mtDNA diversity in introduced populations of Cynotilapia afra (Gü nther 1894) in Lake Malawi national park is evidence for multiple source populations and hybridization

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4380-4389

  Zidana, Hastings ^a   Turner, George F ^b   Van Oosterhout, Cock ^a   Hänfling, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cichlid fish; Invasive species; Lake Malawi; Mitochondrial DNA; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALAWI; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALAWI; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CICHLIDAE; CYNOTILAPIA AFRA; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA;

EID: 70350047053     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04362.x     Document Type: Article

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