Back to Tanganyika: a case of recent trans-species-flock dispersal in East African haplochromine cichlid fishes

Back to Tanganyika: a case of recent trans-species-flock dispersal in East African haplochromine cichlid fishes

The species flocks of cichlid fishes in the East African Great Lakes are the largest vertebrate adaptive radiations in the world and illustrious textbook examples of convergent evolution between independent species assemblages. Although recent studies suggest some degrees of genetic exchange between...

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Main Authors: Britta S. Meyer, Adrian Indermaur, Xenia Ehrensperger, Bernd Egger, Gaspard Banyankimbona, Jos Snoeks, Walter Salzburger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2015-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
haplochromis sp. ‘chipwa’
adaptive radiation
superflock
lake victoria
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.140498

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