An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake

The haplochromine cichlid fish of the East African Great Lakes represent some of the fastest and most species-rich adaptive radiations known, but rivers in most of Africa accommodate only a few morphologically similar species of haplochromine cichlid fish. This has been explained by the wealth of ec...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Nature Vol. 435; no. 7038; pp. 90 - 95
Main Authors:	Seehausen, Ole, Joyce, Domino A, Lunt, David H, Bills, Roger, Turner, George F, Katongo, Cyprian, Duftner, Nina, Sturmbauer, Christian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing 05-05-2005 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Adaptive radiation Africa, Southern Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Biodiversity Biological and medical sciences Cichlidae Ecology Evolution Fish Fishes - anatomy & histology Fishes - classification Fishes - genetics Fishes - physiology Fossils Fresh Water Fresh water ecosystems Freshwater Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Genetic diversity Geography Haplochromis History, Ancient Holocene Lakes Models, Biological Molecular Sequence Data Paleontology Phylogeny Pleistocene River systems Rivers Species richness Species Specificity Synecology Southern Africa Africa Africa, Southern East Africa Africa, South North America, Great Lakes Botswana, Kalahari Desert Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, But R Biological evolution Cichlidae Biodiversity Paleoenvironment Freshwater environment Vertebrata Adaptive radiation Geographic distribution Animal community Pisces Lakes Stream Species richness Speciation
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!