Z. Dong et E. Zhou, APPLICATION OF THE RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE IN A STUDY OF HETEROSIS IN COMMON CARP, CYPRINUS-CARPIO L, Aquaculture research, 29(8), 1998, pp. 595-600
Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was applied to three
varieties of common carp, Cyprinus carpio L.: Xingguo red carp, German
mirror carp and Russian mirror carp. Twenty-seven decamer primers pre
-screened from 40 random primers were used to assay polymorphisms with
in and between the populations. One hundred and ninety-nine fragments
were generated in the three populations; 155 of these fragments were p
olymorphic. The similarity indices and genetic distances within and be
tween the three populations of carp were calculated. The results indic
ated that the highest value of similarity within populations was obtai
ned for German mirror carp, and the genetic distance between Xingguo r
ed carp and Russian mirror carp was the farthest. It can be presumed t
hat the heterosis between Xingguo red carp and Russian mirror carp is
the highest within these three populations.