PCR-based VNTR core sequence analysis for inferring genetic diversity in the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

The genetic variation in two farmed strains (F3-Panama and F17-Venezuela) of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei was examined based on DNA multiloci analyses. Eighteen adults of each strain were analyzed by PCR using a set of VNTR core sequence primers. Genetic similarity, mean allele frequency, mean he...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Domingues de Freitas, Pedro Manoel Galetti Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2002-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572002000400012