Population genetics of the African snakehead fish Parachanna obscura along West Africa's water networks: Implications for sustainable management and conservation.

ABSTRACT: An essential factor for aquatic conservation is genetic diversity or population divergence, which in natural populations reflects the interplay between geographical isolation with restricted gene flow and local evolution of populations. The long geological history of Africa may induce stronger among-population divergence and lower within-population divergence in fish populations of African watersheds. As an example, we studied population structure of the African snakehead fish Parachanna obscura. Our study aimed: (1) to develop a set of highly polymorphic microsatellite markers suitable for the analysis of genetic diversity among P. obscura and (2) to study the genetic diversity and structure of P. obscura populations from the West Africa region and mostly from Côte d'

SUBMITTER: Amoutchi AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9842884 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature