Out of Tanganyika: Genesis, explosive speciation, key-innovations and phylogeography of the haplochromine cichlid fishes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes in East Africa are well known for their spectacular diversity and their astonishingly fast rates of speciation. About 80% of all 2,500 cichlid species in East Africa, and virtually all cichli...

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Main Authors: Verheyen Erik, Mack Tanja, Salzburger Walter, Meyer Axel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-02-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/17