On the origin of the Synodontis catfish species flock from Lake Tanganyika

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 548-552

  Day, Julia J ^a,b   Wilkinson, Mark ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient lakes; Cichlids; Diversification; Molecular clock; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLADISTICS; COLONIZATION; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TELEOST;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATFISH; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES ENDEMICITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; GREAT LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; NORTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; MOCHOKIDAE; SILURIFORMES; SYNODONTIS;

EID: 33845566552     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0532     Document Type: Article

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