Caracterización de tilapia roja (Oreochromis sp.) con marcadores moleculares RAPD Characterization of the red tilapia Oreochromis sp. through molecular markers RAPD

Se utilizó la técnica RAPD (amplificación al azar de ADN polimórfico) para el estudio de la diversidad genética de Oreochromis sp. (tilapia roja) en cinco piscícolas del Valle del Cauca (Colombia) y en la determinación del nivel de introgresión de las especies parentales Oreochromis mosambicus, O. niloticus y O. aureus. Se evaluaron 25 cebadores, ocho fueron polimórficos y se obtuvieron 109 bandas. Los valores de heterocigosidad esperada (0.196 a 0.256) y la estructura genética (Gst = 0.22) para Oreochromis sp. indicaron un elevado grado de polimorfismo y alta estructuración genética. Estos resultados fueron consistente con el Fst = 0.268 (P Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to study genetic diversity on red Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) species collected from five fish farms located in the Valle del Cauca, Colombia and to determine the level of introgression from three parental species O. mosambicus, O. niloticus and O. aureus into local Oreochromis populations. from the 25 RAPD primers evaluated, eight were polymorphic and 109 banding patterns were observed, any of them were specific. The expected levels of heterozygosis (0.1964 to 0.2561) and genetic structure (Gst = 0.22) funded for Oreochrosmis sp. indicate high grade of polymorphism and genetic structuring. This results were observed following the analysis of molecular variance [AMOVA] (Fst = 0.268 (P