Gene flow between species of Lake Victoria haplochromine fishes

• Main Authors: Samonte, Irene E., Satta, Yoko, Sato, Akie, Tichy, Herbert, Takahata, Naoyuki, Klein, Jan
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Gene flow; Adaptive radiation (Evolution); Cichlids; Haplochromis, Hybridization; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1384; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2383/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

The haplochromine cichlid fishes of Lake Victoria (LV), East Africa, are a textbook example of adaptive radiation - a rapid divergence of multiple morphologically distinguishable forms from a few founding lineages. The forms are generally believed to constitute a "flock" of several hundred...