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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2004 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 144-149
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2004.144.149
Genetic Variation in Four Hatchery Populations of Thai Pangas, Pangasius hypophthalmus of Mymensingh Region in Bangladesh Using Allozyme Marker
Suman Barua, Mohammad Shafiqul Alam, Md. Mukhlesur Rahman Khan and Vibeke Simonsen

Abstract: To investigate genetic variation four hatchery populations (Shambhuganj, Brahmaputra, Anudan and Bhai-Bhai) of Thai pangas (Pangasius hypophthalmus) of Mymensingh region in Bangladesh were analyzed by allozyme electrophoresis. Using six enzymes, nine presumptive loci were identified where three (Est-1*, Gpi-2* and Pgm*) were polymorphic (p,0.95) in Anudan and Brahmaputra populations and one locus, Est-1* was polymorphic in Shambhuganj population. No polymorphic locus was found in Bhai-Bhai population. The mean proportion of heterozygous loci per individual was 11.3±8.5% which ranged from 0.0% (Bhai-Bhai population) to 20% (Anudan population). The mean number of allele per locus was 1.3 that ranged from 1.0 (Bhai-Bhai population) to 1.6 (Anudan population). The UPGMA dendrogram showed that the four populations were divided into two groups by the genetic distance, D=0.18 but the populations were not geographically isolated. Finally the results indicated that the Anudan and Brahmaputra populations were showed higher genetic variation whereas Bhai-Bhai population lost their genetic variation completely.

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Suman Barua, Mohammad Shafiqul Alam, Md. Mukhlesur Rahman Khan and Vibeke Simonsen, 2004. Genetic Variation in Four Hatchery Populations of Thai Pangas, Pangasius hypophthalmus of Mymensingh Region in Bangladesh Using Allozyme Marker. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 7: 144-149.

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