TY  - JOUR
T1  - mtDNA Diversity among Remnant Populations of Two <I>Epiplatys</I> Species in Kainji Lake Basin Inferred from D-loop and 16SrRNA Gene Sequences
AU - Nwafili, Sylvanus Anene AU - Gao, Tianxiang AU - Olaosebikan, B.D. 
JO  - Journal of Fisheries International
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
SP  - 40
EP  - 44
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1817-3381
DO  - jfish.2009.40.44
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jfish.2009.40.44
KW  - Epiplatys bifasciatus
KW  -Epiplatys spilargyrieus
KW  -16S rRNA gene
KW  -genetic variation
KW  -Lake Kainji
AB  - In this study, partial sequences of D-loop and 16S rRNA mitochondrial genes were analyzed to genetically characterise 2 <I>Epiplatys</I> species discovered in riparian streams in Kainji Lake Nigeria. Sequence analyses of both genes show Jebba population to be more distantly separated from the Monai and Shagwa populations of <I>Epiplatys bifasciatus</I>. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, Kimura 2-parameter distance between <I>E. biifasciatus </I>and <I>E. spilargyrieus</I> the ranged from 0.0921-0.0946. Kimura 2 parameter also showed that <I>Epiplatys roloffi</I> (U73241) was genetically closer to <I>E. spilargyrieus</I> (K2P = 0.074) than to <I>E. bifasciatus</I>. The Neighbour-Joining tree showed that the <I>Epiplatys bifasciatus</I> from each stream clustered together except for those of Monai and shagwa, which formed a single clade.
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