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Directional selection has shaped the oral jaws of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes

East African cichlid fishes represent one of the most striking examples of rapid and convergent evolutionary radiation among vertebrates. Models of ecological speciation would suggest that functional divergence in feeding morphology has contributed to the origin and maintenance of cichlid species di...

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Main Authors: Albertson, R. Craig, Streelman, J. Todd, Kocher, Thomas D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The National Academy of Sciences 2003
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC154331/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12704237
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0930235100
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