Genetic linkage of distinct adaptive traits in sympatrically speciating crater lake cichlid fish

Genetic linkage of ecologically relevant traits has been suggested to facilitate sympatric speciation. Here, Fruciano et al. show in sister species of cichlid fish the genetic non-independence of genomic regions responsible for differentiation in body size and pharyngeal jaw morphology, two characte...

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Main Authors: Carmelo Fruciano, Paolo Franchini, Viera Kovacova, Kathryn R. Elmer, Frederico Henning, Axel Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12736