Parsing parallel evolution: Ecological divergence and differential gene expression in the adaptive radiations of thick-lipped Midas cichlid fishes from Nicaragua

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 650-669

  Manousaki, Tereza ^a   Hull, Pincelli M ^a,b   Kusche, Henrik ^a   MacHado Schiaffino, Gonzalo ^a   Franchini, Paolo ^a   Harrod, Chris ^c,d,e   Elmer, Kathryn R ^a,f   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crater lakes; divergent selection; geometric morphometrics; next generation sequencing; RNA Seq; sympatric speciation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CICHLID; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; NICARAGUA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CICHLIDS; NICARAGUA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMPHILOPHUS CITRINELLUS; CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 84872467673     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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