Divergent selection and phenotypic plasticity during incipient speciation in Lake Victoria cichlid fish

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 260-274

  Magalhaes, I S ^a,b   Mwaiko, S ^b,c   Schneider, M V ^b,d   Seehausen, O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

^c TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cichlids; Divergent selection; FST; P ST; Phenotypic plasticity; QST

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CICHLID; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

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

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 58549090535     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01637.x     Document Type: Article

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