How many species of cichlid fishes are there in African lakes?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 793-806

  Turner, G F ^a   Seehausen, O ^a   Knight, M E ^a   Allender, C J ^a   Robinson, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African lakes; Cichlid; Evolution; Species

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; LAKE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; MALE; PERCHES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035051826     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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