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Nuclear markers reveal unexpected genetic variation and a Congolese-Nilotic origin of the Lake Victoria cichlid species flock.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Jan 2003
Seehausen Ole, Koetsier Egbert, Schneider Maria Victoria, Chapman Lauren J, Chapman Colin A, Knight Mairi E, Turner George F, van Alphen Jacques J M, Bills Roger
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial (mt) DNA have indicated that the cichlid species flock of the Lake Victoria region is derived from a single ancestral species found in East African rivers, closely related to the ancestor of the Lake Malawi cichlid species flock. The Lake Victoria flock contains ten times less mtDNA variation than the Lake Malawi radiation, consistent with current estimates of the ages...
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