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Cichlid_diversity_sequencing___Malawi_2016
With its more than 500 young and ecologically diverse species, the Lake Malawi cichlid adaptive radiation provides a great system to study the evolution of biodiversity and... -
Transcriptomics of coloration phenotypes in cichlid fishes
This project contains several transcriptomes from African and Neotropical cichlids that were studied to investigate the genetic basis of coloration phenotypes. -
Genomics of amelanism in Malawi golden cichlid
Genome of the Malawi golden cichlid fish (Melanochromis auratus) reveals exon loss of oca2 in an amelanistic morph -
Whole genome sequencing from a panel of Lake Malawi species. Pools of males a...
This research project considers the genetic mechanisms of vertebrate diversification from two perspectives. The first is that of population genetics. How many genes experience... -
Stripe pattern divergence in cichlid fish adaptive radiations
Convergent evolution of melanic horizontal stripes has been linked to a single locus harboring the gene agouti-related peptide 2 (agrp2). However, where and when the causal... -
Replicated divergence in cichlid radiations mirrors a major vertebrate innova...
Decoupling of the upper jaw bones - jaw kinesis - is a distinctive feature of the ray-finned fishes, but it is not clear how the innovation is related to the extraordinary... -
Phylogenomics of the rock-dwelling mbuna cichlids of Lake Malawi
Whole genome sequences are beginning to revolutionise our understanding of phylogenetic relationships. Yet, even whole genome sequences can fail to resolve the evolutionary... -
Genomic Characterization of a B Chromosome in Lake Malawi Cichlid Fishes
B chromosomes (Bs) were discovered a century ago, and since then most studies have focused on describing their distribution and abundance using traditional cytogenetics. Only... -
Variation in cichlid fish retinal gene expression from whole eye transcriptom...
Cichlid fishes are known for their differential expression of opsin genes. Opsin gene expression differs between adults of different species. In addition, some species vary...