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Genetic architecture of adaptive radiation across two trophic levels.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 11 May 2022
Feller Anna F, Seehausen Ole
Abstract excerpt
Evolution of trophic diversity is a hallmark of adaptive radiation. Yet, transitions between carnivory and herbivory are rare in young adaptive radiations. Haplochromine cichlid fish of the African Great Lakes are exceptional in this regard. Lake Victoria was colonized by an insectivorous generalist and in less than 20 000 years, several clades of specialized herbivores evolved. Carnivorous versus herbivorous...
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