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The genetic make-up of five populations of Oreochromis spp. was examined by microsatellite analysis. Eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci showed significant departures from the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. The mean heterozygosity ranged from 0.6280 to 0.7040 for each population. The genetic distance values showed a clear separation between O. niloticus and O. mossambicus. The differentiation of the O. niloticus populations was then tested with various genetic measures, which are based on both the Infinite Allele and the Stepwise Mutation models. All these measures grouped the populations similarly.
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Bhassu, S., Yusoff, K., Panandam, J.M. et al. The Genetic Structure of Oreochromis spp. (Tilapia) Populations in Malaysia as Revealed by Microsatellite DNA Analysis. Biochem Genet 42, 217–229 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIGI.0000034426.31105.da
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