Phylogenomics of a putatively convergent novelty: did hypertrophied lips evolve once or repeatedly in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes?

Phylogenomics of a putatively convergent novelty: did hypertrophied lips evolve once or repeatedly in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes?

Abstract Background Phylogenies provide critical information about convergence during adaptive radiation. To test whether there have been multiple origins of a distinctive trophic phenotype in one of the most rapidly radiating groups known, we used ultra-conserved elements (UCEs) to examine the evol...

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Main Authors: C. Darrin Hulsey, Jimmy Zheng, Roi Holzman, Michael E. Alfaro, Melisa Olave, Axel Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Adaptive radiation
East African Rift Lakes
Fatlips
Phylogenomics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1296-9

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