Patterns in fish radiation are compatible with Pleistocene desiccation of Lake Victoria and 14 600 year history for its cichlid species flock

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1490, 2002, Pages 491-497

  Seehausen, Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Cichlid fishes; Lake Victoria; Pleistocene desiccation; Speciation rates

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CICHLID; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; DESICCATION; FISH; HISTORY; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SPECIES;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; DESICCATION; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; VICTORIA;

EID: 41049094920     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1906     Document Type: Article

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