Nuclear markers reveal that inter-lake cichlids' similar morphologies do not reflect similar genealogy

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-388

  Kassam, Daud ^a   Seki, Shingo ^b   Horic, Michio ^c   Yamaoka, Kosaku ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFLP; Dendrogram; Endemicity; Geometric morphometrics; Morphological equivalency; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRESH WATER; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CLASSIFICATION; GENEALOGY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CICHLIDS; FRESH WATER; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY;

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 33745829815     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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