Hybrid origin of a cichlid population in Lake Malawi: Implications for genetic variation and species diversity

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2497-2504

  Smith, Peter F ^a,d   Konings, Ad ^b   Kornfield, Irv ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Cichlid Press   (United States)

^c 5751 Murray Hall ^*  (United States)

^d Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Hybridization; Maylandia; Metriaclima; Microsatellites; Pseudotropheus zebra; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CICHLIDS; FRESH WATER; GENE FREQUENCY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALAWI; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CICHLIDAE; MAYLANDIA; METRIACLIMA; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA; PSEUDOTROPHEUS;

EID: 0041419622     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01905.x     Document Type: Article

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