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Adaptive radiation of cichlid fish [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2007
I thank Karen Carleton and Martin Genner for helpful comments on an earlier version of the manuscript and Ad Konings for providing the photomontage.
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The opsin genes of amazonian cichlids [PDF]

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, 2017
AbstractVision is a critical sense for organismal survival with visual sensitivities strongly shaped by the environment. Some freshwater fishes with a Gondwanan origin are distributed in both South American rivers including the Amazon and African rivers and lakes. These different habitats likely required adaptations to murky and clear environments.
Escobar-Camacho, Daniel   +3 more
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Beyond mammals: the evolution of chewing and other forms of oropharyngeal food processing in vertebrates

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ontogenetic diet shifts of Oreochromis niloticus and Tilapia rendalli of the Barra Bonita reservoir (Tietê river, São Paulo State, Brazil) - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v34i3.9971

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2012
The Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, and the Congo Tilapia, Tilapia rendalli, are important members of the African cichlids, and have been introduced to many Brazilian lakes and reservoirs.
Edmir Daniel Carvalho   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Genetic Diversity of the Cichlid Andinoacara latifrons (Steindachner, 1878) as a Conservation Strategy in Different Colombian Basins

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics, 2020
Cichlids constitute a diverse monophyletic group that have developed adaptive strategies to thrive in diverse environments. Andinoacara represents an example of diversification on the South American Andean uplift, providing a key model for understanding ...
Luz Elena De la Ossa-Guerra   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automated Profiling of Social Behaviors to Assess the Genetic Basis of Evolution of Aggressive Behaviors in Astyanax mexicanus

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across the animal kingdom, social behaviors such as aggression are critical for survival and reproductive success. While there is significant variation in social behaviors within and between species, the genetic mechanisms underlying natural variation in social behaviors are poorly understood.
Renee Mapa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Desert cichlids

open access: yesNatura
Cichlids were given their name by the French zoologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803-1857), a nephew of Napoleon, who borrowed the term from the Greek κίχλη (kichle), a word that in origin had the broad meaning of “wrasse” (a fish) or “thrush” (a bird).
Giorgio Chiozzi, Livio Leoni
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Strategic growth decisions in helper cichlids [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2004
Recently, it has been shown that group-living subordinate clownfish Amphiprion percula increase their growth rate after acquiring the dominant breeder male position in the group. Evidence was found for strategic growth adjustments of subordinate fishes depending on the threat of eviction, i.e.
Dik, Heg, Nicole, Bender, Ian, Hamilton
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Speciation with gene flow

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Biodiversity is threatened by human activities, with extinction debt accumulating rapidly. Many of these activities change the connectivity of populations, fragmenting existing population systems or bringing previously isolated populations or species into contact.
Zhiqin Long   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid generation of ecologically relevant behavioral novelty in experimental cichlid hybrids

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2020
The East African cichlid radiations are characterized by repeated and rapid diversification into many distinct species with different ecological specializations and by a history of hybridization events between nonsister species.
Anna F. Feller   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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