Process and pattern in cichlid radiations–inferences for understanding unusually high rates of evolutionary diversification

O Seehausen - New Phytologist, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The cichlid fish radiations in the African Great Lakes differ from all other known cases of
rapid speciation in vertebrates by their spectacular trophic diversity and richness of …

Multispecies outcomes of sympatric speciation after admixture with the source population in two radiations of Nicaraguan crater lake cichlids

AF Kautt, G Machado-Schiaffino, A Meyer - PLoS genetics, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The formation of species in the absence of geographic barriers (ie sympatric speciation)
remains one of the most controversial topics in evolutionary biology. While theoretical …

Genomic architecture of ecologically divergent body shape in a pair of sympatric crater lake cichlid fishes

P Franchini, C Fruciano, ML Spreitzer… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Determining the genetic bases of adaptations and their roles in speciation is a prominent
issue in evolutionary biology. Cichlid fish species flocks are a prime example of recent rapid …

A Hybrid Genetic Linkage Map of Two Ecologically and Morphologically Divergent Midas Cichlid Fishes (Amphilophus spp.) Obtained by Massively Parallel DNA …

H Recknagel, KR Elmer, A Meyer - G3: Genes| Genomes …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Cichlid fishes are an excellent model system for studying speciation and the formation of
adaptive radiations because of their tremendous species richness and astonishing …

Implementing large genomic single nucleotide polymorphism data sets in phylogenetic network reconstructions: a case study of particularly rapid radiations of cichlid …

M Olave, A Meyer - Systematic biology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The Midas cichlids of the Amphilophus citrinellus spp. species complex from Nicaragua (13
species) are an extraordinary example of adaptive and rapid radiation (24,000 years old) …

Parsing parallel evolution: ecological divergence and differential gene expression in the adaptive radiations of thick‐lipped M idas cichlid fishes from N icaragua

T Manousaki, PM Hull, H Kusche… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The study of parallel evolution facilitates the discovery of common rules of diversification.
Here, we examine the repeated evolution of thick lips in M idas cichlid fishes (the A …

High levels of interspecific gene flow in an endemic cichlid fish adaptive radiation from an extreme lake environment

AGP Ford, KK Dasmahapatra, L Rüber… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Studying recent adaptive radiations in isolated insular systems avoids complicating causal
events and thus may offer clearer insight into mechanisms generating biological diversity …

The macroparasite fauna of cichlid fish from Nicaraguan lakes, a model system for understanding host–parasite diversification and speciation

A Santacruz, M Barluenga, G Pérez-Ponce de León - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The Nicaraguan lakes represent an ideal continent-island-like setting to study the
colonization patterns of both fish and their parasites. The dominant fish fauna are cichlids …

Environmental correlates of adaptive diversification in postglacial freshwater fishes

IC Tiddy, K Schneider, KR Elmer - Journal of Fish Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Determining how environmental conditions contribute to divergence among populations and
drive speciation is fundamental to resolving mechanisms and understanding outcomes in …

Convergent phenotypic evolution of the visual system via different molecular routes: how Neotropical cichlid fishes adapt to novel light environments

A Härer, A Meyer, J Torres-Dowdall - Evolution Letters, 2018 - academic.oup.com
How predictable is evolution? This remains a fundamental but contested issue in
evolutionary biology. When independent lineages colonize the same environment, we are …