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Table 1 Details of the sampling sites and the total number of individuals collected per water body and location/site. The indigenous O. niloticus populations, are also herein referred to as natives and introduced, non-natives and farms are the pond culture systems

From: Molecular genetic diversity and differentiation of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, L. 1758) in East African natural and stocked populations

Lakes/River

Sample Site

Local name

No.

Country

Pop. nature

Coordinates

Elev. (m)

Albert

Ntoroko

Ngege

21

Uganda

Indigenous

N.01.052060

E030.534640

618

Albert

Kyehooro

Ngege

16

Uganda

Indigenous

N.01.509900

E030.936100

615

Edward

Rwenshama

Ngege

27

Uganda

Indigenous

S.00.404590

E029.772830

908

Edward

Kazinga

Ngege

22

Uganda

Indigenous

S.00.207830

E029.892520

914

George

Hamukungu

Ngege

35

Uganda

Indigenous

S.00.017390

E030.086980

916

Kazinga Ch

Katungulu

Ngege

21

Uganda

Indigenous

S.00.125410

E030.047440

915

R. Nile (VN)

Kibuye

Ngege

24

Uganda

Indigenousa

N.01.187340

E032.968650

1062

Kyoga

Kibuye

Ngege

44

Uganda

Introduced

N.01.400280

E032.579490

1034

Kyoga

Bukungu

Ngege

22

Uganda

Introduced

N.01.438730

E032.868090

1045

Victoria

Kakyanga

Ngege

30

Uganda

Introduced

N.00.180790

E032.293320

1136

Victoria

Gaba

Ngege

26

Uganda

Introduced

N.00.258190

E032.637270

1146

Victoria

Masese

Ngege

23

Uganda

Introduced

N.00.436500

E033.240810

1136

Victoria

Sango Bay

Ngege

25

Uganda

Introduced

N.00.867720

E031.713320

1129

Victoria

Kamuwunga

Ngege

25

Uganda

Introduced

S.00.127470

E031.939990

1139

Mulehe

kisoro

Ngege

25

Uganda

Introduced

S.01.213450

E029.726680

1801

Kayumbu

Kisoro

Ngege

30

Uganda

Introduced

S.01.346790

E029.784460

1901

Rwitabingi

Kamuli

Ngege

29

Uganda

Fish farm

N.00.971160

E033.139240

1069

Bagena

Kisoro

Ngege

31

Uganda

Fish farm

S.01.256170

E029.736220

1857

Sindi

Kabale

Ngege

25

Uganda

Fish farm

S.01.175780

E030.061980

1733

Turkana

Longech

Ngege/Sato

35

Kenya

Indigenous

N.03.556170

E035.915990

364

Ziway

Ziway

Koroso

27

Ethiopia

Indigenous

N8.00730866

E38.8413922

1636

Tana

Tana

Koroso

32

Ethiopia

Indigenous

N12.0266003

E37.3036142

1831

Hashenge

Hashenge

Koroso

26

Ethiopia

Indigenousa

N12.5746028

E39.4966667

2443

Chamo

Chamo

Koroso

25

Ethiopia

Indigenous

N5.82128333

E37.5747222

1110

Loumbila

Loumbila

Tegr-pere

18

Burkina Fs

Indigenousa

12.5142528″N

01.3972222”w

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  1. Kazinga Ch Kazinga Channel, VN Victoria Nile, Burkina Fs Burkina Faso, and Population nature with the asterisk symbol (a) implies that the population might not be indigenous, No. Number of samples, Pop. Population, and Elev. Elevation.