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Understanding explosive diversification through cichlid fish genomics
Journal
Nature reviews. Genetics
Volume
19
Number
11
Pages / Article-Number
705-717
Mesh terms
Animals; Cichlids, genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Genomics; Malawi; Phylogeny; Tanzania
Abstract
Owing to their taxonomic, phenotypic, ecological and behavioural diversity and propensity for explosive diversification, the assemblages of cichlid fish in the East African Great Lakes Victoria, Malawi and Tanganyika are important role models in evolutionary biology. With the release of five reference genomes and many additional genomic resources, as well as the establishment of functional genomic tools, the cichlid system has fully entered the genomic era. The in-depth genomic exploration of the East African cichlid fauna - in combination with the examination of their ecology, morphology and behaviour - permits novel insights into the way organisms diversify.
