Article
Local variation and parallel evolution: morphological and genetic diversity across a species complex of neotropical crater lake cichlid fishes.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 12 Jun 2010
Elmer Kathryn R, Kusche Henrik, Lehtonen Topi K, Meyer Axel
Abstract excerpt
The polychromatic and trophically polymorphic Midas cichlid fish species complex (Amphilophus cf. citrinellus) is an excellent model system for studying the mechanisms of speciation and patterns of phenotypic diversification in allopatry and in sympatry. Here, we first review research to date on the species complex and the geological history of its habitat. We analyse body shape variation from all currently...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Size
- Cichlids
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Ecosystem
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Fresh Water
- Genetic Speciation
- Genetic Variation
- Male