The cichlids of Africa's Lake Tanganyika exhibit extraordinary diversity in terms of shape, diet, habitat and coloration.

Wainwright’s lab studies the evolution and diversity of fish. The cichlid fishes of Africa’s great lakes are a particularly large and diverse group, adapted to a wide variety of habitats and food ...

An exception to this low diversity of ray-finned fishes was for ... African Cichlidae, also known as cichlids, the most diverse and textbook example of species diversification to fill different ...

The researchers say that their finding that evolutionary ease is itself an innovation that fosters speciation is not limited to African cichlids. It isn’t even limited to fish. There are plenty of ...

That 2.5-million-year timeframe coincides with Nojiri's supernova, supporting the theory that its DNA-busting radiation might be responsible for the diversity of cichlids and their associated viruses.

Wainwright's lab studies the evolution and diversity of fish. The cichlid fishes of Africa's great lakes are a particularly large and diverse group, adapted to a wide variety of habitats and food ...