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  1. A COMPARISON OF ALLOZYME HETEROZYGOSITY AND LIFE HISTORY VARIABLES IN FOUR STRAINS OF AFRICAN CATFISH <em>(CLARIAS GARIEPINUS)</em>

    A COMPARISON OF ALLOZYME HETEROZYGOSITY AND LIFE HISTORY VARIABLES IN FOUR STRAINS OF AFRICAN CATFISH (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: J. P. Grobler --- , , L. C. Hoffman --- , , South Africa J. F. Prinsloo --- , , South Africa
    We studied allozyme polymorphism and its relation to morphological characteristics in 122 individuals from four lines of African catfish. Starch gel electrophoresis was used to screen 26 loci, of which five were polymorphic. Average heterozygosity levels differed moderately among lines...
  2. Large allozyme variation within populations and isozyme differences between <em>Clarias gariepinus</em> and <em>C. ngamensis</em> from the Okavango Delta, Botswana

    Large allozyme variation within populations and isozyme differences between Clarias gariepinus and C. ngamensis from the Okavango Delta, Botswana

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Herman van der Bank Nico Smit
    An allozyme study of 47 Clarias gariepinus and 53 C. ngamensis individuals revealed variation at 11 (57.9%) and eight (40%), out of 19 and 20 loci, respectively. The average heterozygosity of 0.167, 57.9% polymorphism and average of 1.895 alleles at...
  3. Low allozyme variation in tigerfish <em>Hydrocynus vittatus</em> (Teleostei: Alestidae) from the Okavango panhandle, with notes on the selection of candidates for artificial breeding

    Low allozyme variation in tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus (Teleostei: Alestidae) from the Okavango panhandle, with notes on the selection of candidates for artificial breeding

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Soekoe --- Centre for Aquatic Research, Department of Zoology, South Africa NJ Smit --- Centre for Aquatic Research, Department of Zoology, South Africa H van der Bank --- Centre for Aquatic Research, Department of Zoology, South Africa
    To ensure the utilisation of optimal tigerfish gene pools for artificial propagation, the hypothesis that tigerfish from the Okavango system should have greater heterozygosity than those from smaller river systems was tested. This electrophoretic analysis provides the first report of...
  4. Enzyme structure, enzyme function and allozyme diversity in mammals: trends from South African population genetic studies

    Enzyme structure, enzyme function and allozyme diversity in mammals: trends from South African population genetic studies

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: J. P. Grobler --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa
    In estimates of population genetic diversity based on allozyme heterozygosity, some enzymes are regularly more variable than others. Evolutionary theory suggests that functionally less important molecules, or parts of molecules, evolve more rapidly than more important ones; the latter enzymes...