Lacustrine radiations in African Synodontis catfish

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 805-817

  Day, J J ^a,b   Bills, R ^c   Friel, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Cichlid fishes; Lacustrine diversification; Lake palaeo Makgadikgadi; Lake Tanganyika; Molecular dating

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BROOD PARASITISM; CICHLID; CLADISTICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATING METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CATFISHES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

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

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; SYNODONTIS; SYNODONTIS VICTORIAE;

EID: 62449115957     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01691.x     Document Type: Article

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