Evolution: Cichlid Models on the Runaway to Speciation

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 2012 Switzerland English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Current Biology, volume 22, pages R956-R958 (issn: 0960-9822,

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Authors: Gante, Hugo F.; Salzburger, Walter;

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.045

pmid: 23174298

Evolution: Cichlid Models on the Runaway to Speciation

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Abstract

Rapid speciation has fascinated biologists for a long time. A recent study shows that ecological opportunity and sex-biased color differences increase the likelihood of speciation in African cichlid fishes.

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Switzerland

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University of Basel
Switzerland
University of California, San Diego
United States

Keywords

Male, Time Factors, Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Genetic Speciation, Cichlids, Adaptation, Physiological, Models, Biological, Sex Factors, Animals, Female, Ecosystem

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