Molecular Biology and Evolution 19:1628-1632 (2002)
© 2002 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
The Evolution of the Pro-Domain of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 (Bmp4) in an Explosively Speciated Lineage of East African Cichlid Fishes
Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
Lakes Victoria, Malawi, and Tanganyika in the East African Rift Valley harbor approximately 200, 400, and 170 endemic species of cichlid fishes, respectively (Fryer and Iles 1972,
pp. 1–104; Greenwood 1984,
1991
), which provide spectacular examples of the explosive adaptive radiation of living vertebrates (Fryer and Iles 1972
; Greenwood 1984
). The fishes exploit almost all resources that are available to freshwater fishes in general (Fryer and Iles 1972
; Greenwood 1984
), and they are extremely diverse, both ecologically and morphologically, despite having evolved during a very short evolutionary period (Meyer et al. 1990
; Johnson et al. 1996
). It has been estimated that the species flocks in Lakes Malawi and Victoria are 700,000 years old (Meyer et al. 1990
) and less than 12,400 years old (Johnson et al. 1996
), respectively, and that the species in these lakes have speciated within such very short
CiteULike 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  K. Fujimura, Y. Terai, N. Ishiguro, M. Miya, M. Nishida, and N. Okada Heterotypy in the N-Terminal Region of Growth/Differentiation Factor 5 (GDF5) Mature Protein during Teleost Evolution Mol. Biol. Evol., May 1, 2008; 25(5): 797 - 800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
D. T. Gerrard and A. Meyer Positive Selection and Gene Conversion in SPP120, a Fertilization-Related Gene, during the East African Cichlid Fish Radiation Mol. Biol. Evol., October 1, 2007; 24(10): 2286 - 2297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 R. L. Young and A. V. Badyaev Evolution of ontogeny: linking epigenetic remodeling and genetic adaptation in skeletal structures Integr. Comp. Biol., August 1, 2007; 47(2): 234 - 244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y.-J. Won, Y. Wang, A. Sivasundar, J. Raincrow, and J. Hey Nuclear Gene Variation and Molecular Dating of the Cichlid Species Flock of Lake Malawi Mol. Biol. Evol., April 1, 2006; 23(4): 828 - 837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 R. C. Albertson, J. T. Streelman, T. D. Kocher, and P. C. Yelick From The Cover: Integration and evolution of the cichlid mandible: The molecular basis of alternate feeding strategies PNAS, November 8, 2005; 102(45): 16287 - 16292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. Sugawara, Y. Terai, H. Imai, G. F. Turner, S. Koblmuller, C. Sturmbauer, Y. Shichida, and N. Okada Parallelism of amino acid changes at the RH1 affecting spectral sensitivity among deep-water cichlids from Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi PNAS, April 12, 2005; 102(15): 5448 - 5453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 J. A. Helms, D. Cordero, and M. D. Tapadia New insights into craniofacial morphogenesis Development, March 1, 2005; 132(5): 851 - 861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. C. Albertson, J. T. Streelman, and T. D. Kocher Directional selection has shaped the oral jaws of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes PNAS, April 29, 2003; 100(9): 5252 - 5257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|