Color polymorphism and predation in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages 621-629

  Maan, Martine E ^a,b   Eshuis, Brechtje ^c   Haesler, Marcel P ^d   Schneider, Maria Victoria ^e   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a   Seehausen, Ole ^f,g  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; COLOR MORPH; DIVERGENCE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDATION; RELATEDNESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

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

AVES; CICHLIDAE; NEOCHROMIS OMNICAERULEUS;

EID: 53549124408     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-07-114     Document Type: Article

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