Convict cichlids benefit from close proximity to another species of cichlid fish [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2008 The coexistence of species with overlapping resource use is often thought to involve only negative fitness effects as a consequence of interspecific competition. Furthermore, the scarce empirical research on positive species interactions has predominantly focused on sessile organisms.
Topi K. Lehtonen
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Dynamics of sex chromosome evolution in a rapid radiation of cichlid fishes
bioRxiv, 2020 Sex is a fundamental trait that is determined, depending on the species, by different environmental and/or genetic factors, including various types of sex chromosomes.
Athimed El Taher +4 more
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Molecular and fossil evidence place the origin of cichlid fishes long after Gondwanan rifting. [PDF]
, 2013 Cichlid fishes are a key model system in the study of adaptive radiation, speciation and evolutionary developmental biology. More than 1600 cichlid species inhabit freshwater and marginal marine environments across several southern landmasses.
Alex Dornburg +9 more
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Genome-wide protein phylogenies for four African cichlid species
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018 Background The thousands of species of closely related cichlid fishes in the great lakes of East Africa are a powerful model for understanding speciation and the genetic basis of trait variation.
Ajay Ramakrishnan Varadarajan +3 more
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Science, 2012 The extreme diversity of cichlid fishes in East Africa helps to elucidate how and why organisms diversify.
Santos, M. E., Salzburger, W.
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Foraging environment determines the genetic architecture and evolutionary potential of trophic morphology in cichlid fishes [PDF]
, 2016 Phenotypic plasticity allows organisms to change their phenotype in response to shifts in the environment. While a central topic in current discussions of evolutionary potential, a comprehensive understanding of the genetic underpinnings of plasticity is
Albertson, R. Craig +7 more
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Modular genetic control of social status in a cichlid fish
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Significance Social rank along a hierarchy determines physiological state and behavioral performance. A ubiquitous feature of social hierarchies is the communication of rank through nonphysical signaling systems (e.g., coloration) and aggression, traits ...
Beau A. Alward +5 more
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Hybridisation generates a hopeful monster: a hermaphroditic selfing cichlid [PDF]
, 2016 Compared to other phylogenetic groups, self-fertilization (selfing) is exceedingly rare in vertebrates and is known to occur only in one small clade of fishes.
Garcia-Alonso, Javier +3 more
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Effects of different sampling intervals on apparent protein and energy digestibility of common feed ingredients by juvenile oscar fish (Astronotus ocellatus)=Diferentes intervalos de coleta na determinação da digestibilidade aparente da proteína e da energia de ingredientes comuns para o apaiari (Astronotus ocellatus) [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2012 This study evaluated the apparent protein and energy digestibility of common feed ingredients (soybean meal, fish meal, wheat meal and corn) by juvenile oscars using two different sampling intervals (30 min. and 12h).
João Batista Kochenborger Fernandes +4 more
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Genome editing in East African cichlids and tilapias: state-of-the-art and future directions
Open Biology, 2023 African cichlid fishes of the Cichlidae family are a group of teleosts important for aquaculture and research. A thriving research community is particularly interested in the cichlid radiations of the East African Great Lakes. One key goal is to pinpoint
Bethan Clark +8 more
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