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Back to Tanganyika: a case of recent trans-species-flock dispersal in East African haplochromine cichlid fishes

Meyer, Britta S. and Indermaur, Adrian and Ehrensperger, Xenia and Egger, Bernd and Banyankimbona, Gaspard and Snoeks, Jos and Salzburger, Walter. (2015) Back to Tanganyika: a case of recent trans-species-flock dispersal in East African haplochromine cichlid fishes. Royal Society open science, 2 (3). p. 140498.

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Abstract

The species flocks of cichlid fishes in the East African Great Lakes are the largest vertebrate adaptive radiations in the world and illustrious textbook examples of convergent evolution between independent species assemblages. Although recent studies suggest some degrees of genetic exchange between riverine taxa and the lake faunas, not a single cichlid species is known from Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi and Victoria that is derived from the radiation associated with another of these lakes. Here, we report the discovery of a haplochromine cichlid species in Lake Tanganyika, which belongs genetically to the species flock of haplochromines of the Lake Victoria region. The new species colonized Lake Tanganyika only recently, suggesting that faunal exchange across watersheds and, hence, between isolated ichthyofaunas, is more common than previously thought.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Evolutionary Biology (Salzburger)
UniBasel Contributors:Salzburger, Walter
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:The Royal Society
e-ISSN:2054-5703
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:09 Aug 2016 09:08
Deposited On:09 Aug 2016 09:08

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