Adaptive sequence evolution in a color gene involved in the formation of the characteristic egg-dummies of male haplochromine cichlid fishes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The exceptionally diverse species flocks of cichlid fishes in East Africa are prime examples of parallel adaptive radiations. About 80% of East Africa's more than 1 800 endemic cichlid species, and all species of the flocks of L...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-11-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/51 |