Research Article
Microsatellites Cross-Species Amplification across Some African Cichlids
Table 1
Species studied for cross-species amplification tests, with geographic origin, and number of samples analysed per species.
| | Lineages Genus Species | | Geographic origin | n |
| | Oreochromines | | | | | Oreochromis | | | | | O. (Oreochromis) niloticus | Bouake (Cote d’Ivoire)* | 9 | | O. (Oreochromis) aureus | Lake Manzala (Egypt) | 5 | | O. (Oreochromis) mossambicus | Mozambique | 5 | | O. (Oreochromis) shiranus | Lake Malawi | 5 | | O. (Nyasalapia) macrochir | Bouake (Cote d’Ivoire)** | 5 | | O. (Nyasalapia) saka | Lake Malawi | 5 | | O. (Nyasalapia) squamipinnis | Lake Malawi | 5 | | Sarotherodon | | | | | S. (Sarotherodon) galilaeus | Bamako (Niger) | 3 | | S. (Sarotherodon) melanotheron | Ébrié Lagoon (Ivory Cost) | 5 | | Boreotilapiines | | | | | Tilapia | | | | | T. (Coptodon) dageti | Bamako (Niger) | 5 | | T. (Coptodon) guineensis | Ivory Cost/Senegal | 4 | | T. (Coptodon) zillii | Lake Manzala (Egypt) | 5 | | Haplochromines | | | | | Haplochromis | | | | | Haplochromis sp. “rock kribensis” | Lake Victoria | 3 | | Chromidotilapines | | | | | Chromidotilapia | | | | | Chromidotilapia guntheri | Bamako (Niger) | 3 | | Hemichromines | | | | | Hemichromis | | | | | Hemichromis bimaculatus | Bandama (Ivory Cost) | 5 |
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Introduced stocks: *with mixed origin (Volta and Nile) [36]; **from wild population (RDC) [37].
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