Genetic and morphological analyses indicate high population mixing in the endangered cichlid Alcolapia flock of East Africa

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 429-440

  Zaccara, Serena ^a   Crosa, Giuseppe ^a   Vanetti, Isabella ^a   Binelli, Giorgio ^a   Harper, David M ^b   Mavuti, Kenneth M ^c   Balarin, John D ^d   Britton, J Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d Wildlife Division   (Tanzania)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcolapia; Cichlids; Extreme habitat; Gene flow; Morphometric analysis

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PISCIVORE; RED LIST;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 84896329697     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0551-2     Document Type: Article

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