Evolution: Cichlid Models on the Runaway to Speciation

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.045
• Publication Date: 2012-11-19T15:15:25Z
• Authors: Hugo F. Gante; Walter Salzburger
• Keywords: Male; 0301 basic medicine; Time Factors; Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all); Genetic Speciation; Cichlids; Adaptation, Physiological; Models, Biological; 03 medical and health sciences; Sex Factors; Animals; Female; 14. Life underwater; Ecosystem

Rapid speciation has fascinated biologists for a long time. A recent study shows that ecological opportunity and sex-biased color differences increase the likelihood of speciation in African cichlid fishes.