Biogeography and population genetics of the Lake Malawi cichlid Melanochromis auratus: Habitat transience, philopatry and speciation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1013-1026

  Marker, Jeffrey A ^a   Arnegard, Matthew E ^b   Danley, Patrick D ^a   Kocher, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cichlids; Lake Malawi; Mbuna; Microsatellites; Migration

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENE LOCUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

MELANOCHROMIS AURATUS;

EID: 0032805282     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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