Application of the RAPD technique in tilapia fish: species and subspecies identification.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1994.110

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Application of the RAPD technique in tilapia fish: species and subspecies identification.

Heredity - 1 Aug 1994

Bardakci F, Skibinski D O

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Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was applied to three species of the tilapia genus Oreochromis and four subspecies of O. niloticus. Thirteen random 10-mer primers were used to assay polymorphisms within and between populations. Different RAPD fragment patterns were observed for di...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA Primers
Female
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Tilapia

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