Genetic variation in farmed populations of the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata in Greece using microsatellite DNA markers

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-246

  Loukovitis, Dimitrios ^a,b   Sarropoulou, Elena ^b   Vogiatzi, Emmanouella ^b   Tsigenopoulos, Costas S ^b   Kotoulas, Georgios ^b   Magoulas, Antonios ^b   Chatziplis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics (IMBG)   (Greece)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Hatchery stocks; Microsatellites; Sparus aurata

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GUIDELINE; HATCHERY; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; PERCIFORM; REARING; SELECTIVE BREEDING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 83255167256     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.02821.x     Document Type: Article

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