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SUBMITTER: Bradbeer SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6394572 | biostudies-other | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bradbeer Stephanie J SJ Harrington Jack J Watson Henry H Warraich Abrahim A Shechonge Asilatu A Smith Alan A Tamatamah Rashid R Ngatunga Benjamin P BP Turner George F GF Genner Martin J MJ
Hydrobiologia 20180418 1
Hybridization between introduced and indigenous species can lead to loss of unique genetic resources and precipitate extinction. In Tanzania, the Nile tilapia (<i>Oreochromis niloticus</i>) and blue-spotted tilapia (<i>Oreochromis leucostictus</i>) have been widely introduced to non-native habitats for aquaculture and development of capture fisheries. Here, we aimed to quantify interspecific hybridization between these introduced species and the indigenous species <i>Oreochromis esculentus</i>, ...[more]