Reference is regularly made to the power of new genomic sequencing approaches. Using
powerful technology, however, is not the same as having the necessary power to address a …

Molecular ecology has moved beyond the use of a relatively small number of markers, often
noncoding, and it is now possible to use whole‐genome measures of gene expression with …

Lake Tanganyika is the oldest and phenotypically most diverse of the three East African
cichlid fish adaptive radiations. It is also the cradle for the younger parallel haplochromine …

There is increasing evidence that phenotypic plasticity can promote population divergence
by facilitating phenotypic diversification and, eventually, genetic divergence. When a …

The Great Lakes of East Africa are collectively the earth's most remarkable and species-rich
freshwater feature. Intrinsic biological factors and extrinsic ecological opportunities allowed …

Background Salmonid fishes exhibit high levels of phenotypic and ecological variation and
are thus ideal model systems for studying evolutionary processes of adaptive divergence …

Cichlid fishes are hypothesized to encompass several independent adaptive radiations that
display increased diversification rates and impressive ecological heterogeneity. Here, I …

Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of organisms with a given genotype to develop different
phenotypes according to environmental stimuli, resulting in individuals that are better …

Determining the genetic bases of adaptations and their roles in speciation is a prominent
issue in evolutionary biology. Cichlid fish species flocks are a prime example of recent rapid …

Species diverge eco-morphologically through the continuous action of natural selection on
functionally important structures, producing alternative adaptive morphologies. In cichlid …