International Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Cichlid Evolution: Lessons in Diversification


Publishing date
15 May 2011
Status
Published
Submission deadline
15 Nov 2010

1Department of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria

2Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA

3School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK

4Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan


Cichlid Evolution: Lessons in Diversification

Description

With an estimated 3000 species, distributed from Central and South America, across Africa to Madagascar, the Middle East, and southern India, cichlid fishes (Cichlidae) represent the most species-rich family of vertebrates, accounting for about 10% of extant teleost diversity. Throughout their distributional range, cichlids have repeatedly demonstrated their capacity for undergoing adaptive radiation, generating an outstanding variation of body shapes, colour patterns, and behaviour, and an enormous diversity of trophic and ecological specializations, making them an important model system for evolutionary biology. With the completion of the first cichlid genomes in the foreseeable future, cichlid fishes will receive even more attention in evolutionary research. We invite investigators to contribute original research as well as tutorial or review articles that seek to advance our knowledge of mechanisms underlying processes generating and maintaining the tremendous diversity of cichlid fishes. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Advances in phylogenetics, phylogeography, and population genetics
  • Genomic and transcriptomic research
  • Role of behavioral and ecological specializations in cichlid diversification
  • Physiological/morphological adaptations to particular environments
  • Importance of hybridization for generating diversity
  • Sexual versus natural selection
  • Evolution of developmental mechanisms

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Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 847969
  • - Editorial

Cichlid Evolution: Lessons in Diversification

Stephan Koblmüller | R. Craig Albertson | ... | Tetsumi Takahashi
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 616320
  • - Research Article

Community Genetics Reveal Elevated Levels of Sympatric Gene Flow among Morphologically Similar but Not among Morphologically Dissimilar Species of Lake Victoria Cichlid Fish

N. Konijnendijk | D. A. Joyce | ... | O. Seehausen
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 471480
  • - Review Article

The Monogenean Parasite Fauna of Cichlids: A Potential Tool for Host Biogeography

Antoine Pariselle | Walter A. Boeger | ... | Maarten P. M. Vanhove
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 360654
  • - Research Article

A Molecular Perspective on Systematics, Taxonomy and Classification Amazonian Discus Fishes of the Genus Symphysodon

Manuella Villar Amado | Izeni P. Farias | Tomas Hrbek
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 470875
  • - Review Article

Mating and Parental Care in Lake Tanganyika's Cichlids

Kristina M. Sefc
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 689254
  • - Review Article

Male-Male Competition as a Force in Evolutionary Diversification: Evidence in Haplochromine Cichlid Fish

Peter D. Dijkstra | Ton G. G. Groothuis
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 575469
  • - Research Article

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Geography, Ecology, Sympatry, and Male Coloration in the Lake Malawi Cichlid Genus Labeotropheus (Perciformes: Cichlidae)

Michael J. Pauers
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 290245
  • - Review Article

The Utility of Geometric Morphometrics to Elucidate Pathways of Cichlid Fish Evolution

Michaela Kerschbaumer | Christian Sturmbauer
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 835946
  • - Research Article

Low Genetic and Morphometric Intraspecific Divergence in Peripheral Copadichromis Populations (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the Lake Malawi Basin

Dieter Anseeuw | Joost A. M. Raeymaekers | ... | Jos Snoeks
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 620754
  • - Review Article

The Adaptive Radiation of Cichlid Fish in Lake Tanganyika: A Morphological Perspective

Tetsumi Takahashi | Stephan Koblmüller

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