Maternal ancestry analyses of red tilapia strains based on D-loop sequences of seven tilapia populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many tilapia species or varieties have been widely introduced and have become an economically important food fish in China. Information on the genetic backgrounds of these populations is deficient and requires more research, especially for red tilapia strains.

Methods

In the present study, displacement loop (D-loop) sequences were used to evaluate the genetic relationship and diversity of seven tilapia populations that are widely cultured in China; this was done specifically to speculate on the maternal ancestry of red tilapia strains. Three red tilapia varieties of Oreochromis ssp., Taiwan (TW), Israel (IL), and Malaysia (MY) strains and other populations, including O. aureus (AR), O. niloticus (NL), O. mossambicus (MS), and the GIFT s

SUBMITTER: Jiang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545098 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature