Evolutionary origin of Lake Tana's (Ethiopia) small Barbus species: Indications of rapid ecological divergence and speciation

Animal Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-48

  De Graaf, Martin ^a,b   Megens, Hendrik Jan ^a   Samallo, Johannis ^a   Sibbing, Ferdinand A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WA Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories Biodiversity and Biosecurity Branch North Beach   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barbus humilis; Barbus paludinosus; Barbus pleurogramma; Barbus tanapelagius; Cyprinidae; East Africa; mtDNA; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CYPRINID; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BARBUS; BARBUS HUMILIS; BARBUS PALUDINOSUS; BARBUS TANAPELAGIUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 33947636167     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075607780002069     Document Type: Article

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