The species flocks of East African cichlid fishes: Recent advances in molecular phylogenetics and population genetics

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 277-290

  Salzburger, Walter ^a   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLOPATRY; CICHLID; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALLOPATRY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CICHLID; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FISH; HERD; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES HABITAT;

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

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 3142771340     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0528-6     Document Type: Review

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