Crater lake habitat predicts morphological diversity in adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes.

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Adaptive radiations provide an excellent opportunity for studying the correlates and causes for the origin of biodiversity. In these radiations, species diversity may be influenced by either the ecological and physical environment, intrinsic lineage effects, or both. Disentangling the relative contributions of these factors in generating biodiversity remains a major challenge in understanding why a lineage does...

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• Adaptation, Physiological
• Body Size
• Cichlids
• Genetic Speciation
• Genetic Variation