Cichlid fishes are an important evolutionary model (Kocher, 2004). Their uncanny ability to exploit new environments by radiating into a wide array of shapes and forms has made them an ideal system to ...
Understanding why some evolutionary lineages generate exceptionally high species diversity is an important goal in evolutionary biology. Haplochromine cichlid fishes of Africa’s Lake Victoria region ...
In the April issue of Scientific American, I present recent insights into the extraordinary evolution of cichlid fish. Although many factors have probably contributed to the stunning success of this ...