Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations

Joana I. Meier; David A. Marques; Salome Mwaiko; Catherine E. Wagner; Laurent Excoffier; Ole Seehausen

doi:10.1038/ncomms14363

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations

Joana I. Meier,
David A. Marques,
Salome Mwaiko,
Catherine E. Wagner,
Laurent Excoffier,
Ole Seehausen

Affiliations

Joana I. Meier: Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern
David A. Marques: Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern
Salome Mwaiko: Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern
Catherine E. Wagner: Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern
Laurent Excoffier: Computational and Molecular Population Genetics Lab, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern
Ole Seehausen: Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14363
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Cichlids underwent a rapid diversification in the Lake Victoria region, expanding to more than 700 species within 150,000 years. Here, Meier and colleagues show that an ancient hybridization between two divergent cichlid lineages generated high genetic diversity that facilitated the rapid radiation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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