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In this study, the phylogenetic and phylogeographic relationships among Cyprinion macrostomus HECKEL, 1843, Cyprinion kais HECKEL, 1843 and Carasobarbus chantrei SAUVAGE, 1882 samples from Anatolia was analysed. While doing this, mitochondrial DNA polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and Nuclear DNA inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) were used. PCR amplified the complete mtDNA NADH ¾ dehydrogenase (ND-3/4) gene. Amplified fragment was digested by 14 restriction enzymes that produced 14 composite haplotypes for these populations. All identified mtDNA haplotypes differed from each other having a specific genetic profile. The genetic diversity among the mtDNA haplotypes of C. macrostomus, C. kais, and C. chantrei populations from drainage basins of the Mediterranean and those from the drainage basin of the Persian Gulf was purported by the extrapolation of mtDNA PCR-RFLP data. This result is also supported by the data explaining the geological history of Anatolia. Broadly, the data from mtDNA and from nDNA was consistent.

Dietary bee pollen affects hepatic–intestinal histomorphometry of Nile tilapia fingerlings

“…In this sense, the dietary inclusion of bee pollen altered liver cells increasing their reserves, although in our study, higher reserves did not reflect on higher growth performance and HSI/VSI indexes probably due to short-term bee pollen feeding regime. On the other hand, a complementary effect may occurs as described by Abbass et al (2012) in a study of juvenile Nile tilapia (~45 g) fed with pollen and propolis. The authors reported that inclusion of such additives had protective effects against hepatic damage and renal lesions.…”

“…In this study, no improvement was observed in growth performance. As compared to Abbass et al (2012) and El-Asely et al…”

“…There are relevant studies reporting the use of this additive in several animal categories, including Japanese quails (Faria et al, 2008), rabbits Attia, Al-Hanoun, El-Din, Bovera, & Shewika, 2011;Zeedan, Battaa, Abuoghaba, & El-Kholy, 2017), rats (Hajková et al, 2013;Selmanoğlu, Hayretdağ, Kolankaya, Tuylu, & Sorkun, 2009), commercial chickens (Henriques et al, 2014;Nascimento et al, 2015;Oliveira et al, 2015;Rodrigues et al, 2018) and country chickens (Araújo et al, 2017). The bee pollen has already been tested on fish in traditional open systems (usually with low stocking densities) with satisfactory performance results (Abbass, El-Asely, & Kandiel, 2012; El-Asely, Abbass, & Austin, 2014).…”

“…additives are important for animal nutrition because they help to improve animal performance, health and the quality of their final products(Ribeiro et al, 2012). Several additives have been used for tilapia at various stages in order to improve growth, survival and animal health(Dawood & Koshio, 2016a, 2016bDawood, Koshio, Abdel-Daim, & Van Doan, 2018;Dawood, Koshio, & Esteban, 2017;Freccia et al, 2016;Schwarz, Furuya, Natali, Gaudezi, & Lima, 2011;Schwarz, Furuya, Natali, Michelato, & Gaudezi, 2010), including bee pollen(Abbass et al, 2012;El- Asely et al, 2014).For example, Abbass et al (2012) evaluated bee pollen as a feed additive and its effects on zootechnical performance of Nile tilapia (~45 g) in an open system with continuous water exchange. The authors found that 2.5% of propolis or pollen in the diets improved the specific growth rate, average daily gain, and feed efficiency of tilapia.…”

Genetic diversity of Cyprinion macrostomus (Heckel, 1843) populations in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers based on partial cytochrome b sequences of mitochondrial DNA

“…This species also plays a therapeutic role in medical treatment (Undar et al, 1990). Several workers carried out research on various aspects of the species viz., morphological characteristics (Unlu, 1999), karyotype analysis (Gaffaroglu and Yuksel, 2004), age determination (Aydın et al, 2009), haematology (Duman and Sahan 2014), length-weight relationships (Sedaghat and Hoseini, 2012;Bibak et al, 2013), phylogeographical and phylogenetic relationships between C. macrostomus, C. kais and Carasobarbus chantrei in Euphrates and Tigris rivers (Durna et al, 2012), selected morphometric characteristics (Kara and Gunes, 2015) and morphological differences (Bilici et al, 2015).…”