Phylogeography of Lake Malawi cichlids of the genus Pseudotropheus: Significance of allopatric colour variation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1509, 2002, Pages 2495-2502

  Smith, Peter F ^a   Kornfield, Irv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Pseudotropheus microsatellite; Pseudotropheus zebra; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COLOR; EVOLUTION; INTROGRESSION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ALLOPATRY; ARTICLE; CICHLID; COLOR; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; INTROGRESSION; MALAWI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTROPHEUS; PSEUDOTROPHEUS ZEBRA; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AFRICA; LAKE MALAWI;

CICHLIDAE; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA; PISCES; PSEUDOTROPHEUS; PSEUDOTROPHEUS ZEBRA;

EID: 0037160244     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2188     Document Type: Article

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