The cost of DNA sequencing continues to fall, which makes it feasible to develop genomic
resources for new model species that are well suited for studying questions in evolutionary …

The African cichlid fish radiations are the most diverse extant animal radiations and provide
a unique system to test predictions of speciation and adaptive radiation theory. The past few …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

Among vertebrate classes, fishes exhibit by far the greatest variability in competitive and
cooperative behaviors in male reproduction. Scramble competition between reproductive …

Mbuna, the dominant fishes on the rocky shores of Lake Malawi, have become a major
'model system'for the study of rapid speciation and adaptive radiation. At least 295 putative …

According to Darwin, sympatric speciation is driven by disruptive, frequency‐dependent
natural selection caused by competition for diverse resources. Recently, several authors …

The importance of species recognition to taxonomic diversity among Lake Malawi cichlids
has been frequently discussed. Hybridization—the apparent breakdown of species …

The cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi are famously diverse. However, phylogenetic and
population genetic studies of their history have been difficult because of the great amount of …

Abstract Propylea japonica (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is a natural enemy insect with a
wide range of predation in Chinese mainland and is commonly used in pest management …

The genetic structure of Silurus glanis (Europe's largest freshwater fish species) across most
of its natural distribution was investigated using 10 microsatellite loci. The revealed levels of …