Genetic diversity in eight farmed Nile tilapia populations (Oreochromis niloticus) by microsatellite markers

Abstract:

To access Nile tilapia's genetic diversity,158 samples of eight farmed Nile tilapia populations were amplified by eighteen pairs of microsatellite primers.The result shows that:(1) In all eight populations the value of average allele number(Na) was 3.61-5.11,the value of average of effective number of alleles(Ne) was 2.81-3.76;the value of average observed heterozygosity(Ho) was 0.861 1-0.925 0,the value of average expected heterozygosity(He) was 0.603 9-0.697 7 and the value of average polymorphism informa...