Ancient lakes as evolutionary reservoirs: Evidence from the thalassoid gastropods of Lake Tanganyika

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1538, 2004, Pages 529-536

  Wilson, Anthony B ^a,c   Glaubrecht, Matthias ^b   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Northwest Fisheries Science Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient lakes; Gastropod phylogeny; Morphological stasis; Tanganyika

Indexed keywords

LAKE; MOLLUSC; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CRUSTACEA; EVOLUTION; GASTROPOD; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; PORIFERA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1442283759     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2624     Document Type: Article

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