Genetic structure and gene flow in an endangered native tilapia fish (Oreochromis esculentus) compared to invasive Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Yala swamp, East Africa

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 243-255

  Angienda, Paul O ^a,b   Lee, Hyuk Je ^b   Elmer, Kathryn R ^b   Abila, Romulus ^c   Waindi, Eliud N ^a   Meyer, Axel ^b  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c SOUTH EASTERN KENYA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Admixture; Lake Victoria basin; Nile tilapia; Population genetic structure; Singidia tilapia; Yala swamp

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CICHLID; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DATA SET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NATIVE SPECIES; PERCID; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; REFUGE;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA; YALA SWAMP;

LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS ESCULENTUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 78650982685     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0136-2     Document Type: Article

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