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. 1998 Nov 24;95(24):14238–14243. doi: 10.1073/pnas.95.24.14238

Table 3.

Frequency (%) of alleles at the SN-Y locus in cichlid fishes

Species n Alleles*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Lake Victoria and satellite lakes
Astatotilapia nubila 16 25 28 31 13 3
Astatotilapia velifer 37 24 57 5 8
Enterochromis cinctus 7 14 36 29 14
Haplochromis pyrrhocephalus 33 14 8 5 48 3
Lipochromis melanopterus 6 25 42
Neochromis nigricans 8 13 19 19
Paralabidochromis chilotes 27 48 4 43 2
Paralabidochromis plagiodon 8 6 63 13 19
Prognathochromis venator 8 44 50
Psammochromis riponianus 8 12 88
Ptyochromis sauvagei 8 25 38 25 6
Ptyochromis xenognathus 30 10 25 55
Rivers
Astatotilapia sparsidens 2 100
Astatotilapia bloyeti 54 33 7 18 20 2 2
Astatotilapia katavi 29 38 2 2 43 12
Astatotilapia burtoni 7 21 29 14 14

n, number of individuals. 

*

Only alleles shared between species are shown. The following alleles were present in only two species: 9 (N. nigricans, P. chilotes), 10 (H. pyrrhocephalus, P. venator), 11 (N. nigricans, A. bloyeti), and 12 (P. chilotes, P. sauvagei).