Use of RNA:DNA ratios as an index of nutritional status of six Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) strains under different environments

Relationship of RNA/DNA ratio to somatic growth of Nile tilapia juveniles (Oreochromis niloticus) under joint effects of temperature and salinity

“…Use of RNA/DNA ratio as a measure of growth in juvenile tilapia has not yet been reported. Agustin, Macaranas and Eknath () utilized RNA/DNA ratio to assess the nutritional status of six Nile tilapia strains in differing environments, but the ratio‐growth relationship was not examined. Since protein and RNA syntheses are known to be temperature dependent (Buckley et al .…”