Genetic and ecological divergence of a monophyletic cichlid species pair under fully sympatric conditions in Lake Ejagham, Cameroon

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1471-1488

  Schliewen, Ulrich ^a,b,f   Rassmann, Kornelia ^b,e   Markmann, Melanie ^b   Markert, Jeff ^c   Kocher, Thomas ^c   Tautz, Diethard ^b,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d Institut für Genetik   (Germany)

^e SCIL Diagnostics   (Germany)

^f ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Assortative mating; Speciation; Sympatry; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; CAMEROON; D LOOP REGION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIVERGENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; LAKE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONOPHYLY; PARAPATRY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMPATRY;

TILAPIA;

EID: 0034989242     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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