title: Microsatellite variability of wild and farmed populations of Sparus aurata.
abstract: The genetic diversity of Greek wild and farmed populations of Sparus aurata was investigated using seven microsatellite markers. Selective breeding programmes and founder effects have altered the composition of farmed populations leading to significant population differentiation between wild and cultured populations and lower allelic richness in farmed populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karaiskou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Triantafyllidis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Katsares
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Abatzopoulos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Triantaphyllidis
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006115:Greece; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D021541:Sea Bream / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA