Phylogeny and age of chromidotilapiine cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 748, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 185-199

  Schwarzer, Julia ^a,b,c,d   Lamboj, Anton ^e   Langen, Kathrin ^f   Misof, Bernhard ^b   Schliewen, Ulrich K ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Congo basin; Molecular clock; Paleogeography; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939893962     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1918-1     Document Type: Article

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