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Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations.

Nature communications - 10 Feb 2017

Meier Joana I, Marques David A, Mwaiko Salome, Wagner Catherine E, Excoffier Laurent, Seehausen Ole

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Understanding why some evolutionary lineages generate exceptionally high species diversity is an important goal in evolutionary biology. Haplochromine cichlid fishes of Africa's Lake Victoria region encompass >700 diverse species that all evolved in the last 150,000 years. How this 'Lake Victoria Region Superflock' could evolve on such rapid timescales is an enduring question. Here, we demonstrate that...

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Adaptation, Physiological
Africa
Animals
Cichlids
DNA, Mitochondrial
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Speciation
Genetic Variation
Hybridization, Genetic
Lakes
Phylogeny

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PMID: 28186104
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14363
PMCID: PMC5309898

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