The genetic architecture of male colour differences between a sympatric Lake Malawi cichlid species pair

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-53

  Barson, N J ^a,b   Knight, M E ^a,c   Turner, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Castle Wright estimator; Cichlid fish; Male colour genes; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CICHLID; COLOR MORPH; EPISTASIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYBRIDIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CICHLID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INHERITANCE; MALAWI; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FRESH WATER; GENETIC SPECIATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALAWI; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

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

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 33845711819     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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