African cichlid fishes: Model systems for evolutionary biology

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 31, Issue , 2000, Pages 163-196

  Kornfield, I ^a   Smith, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African lakes; Cichlidae; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034496643     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.31.1.163     Document Type: Article

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