Assortative mating among rock-dwelling cichlid fishes supports high estimates of species richness from Lake Malawi

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 991-1001

  Van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^a,e   Turner, George F ^a,b,c   Rico, Giro ^a,b,c,d   Robinson, Rosanna L ^a,b,c,d   Deutsch, James C ^a,b   Genner, Martin J ^a,b   Hewitt, Godfrey M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Livingstone House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Biodiversity; Cichlids; Lake Malawi; Microsatellites; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; CICHLID; COURTSHIP; MALAWI; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CICHLIDAE; MAYLANDIA; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA; PISCES; PSEUDOTROPHEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031856060     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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