Cichlid fishes constitute one of the most species-rich families of vertebrates. In addition to
complex social behaviour and morphological versatility, they are characterised by extensive …

Animals make up only a small fraction of the eukaryotic tree of life, yet, from our vantage
point as members of the animal kingdom, the evolution of the bewildering diversity of animal …

Speciation is a fundamental process responsible for the diversity of life. Progress has been
made in detecting individual 'speciation genes' that cause reproductive isolation. In contrast …

Genetic colour polymorphisms are widespread across animals and often subjected to
complex selection regimes. Traditionally, colour morphs were used as simple visual markers …

Understanding how genetic variation is partitioned across genomes within and among
populations is a fundamental problem in ecological and evolutionary genetics. To address …

Background The degree of genetic differentiation among populations experiencing high
levels of gene flow is expected to be low for neutral genomic sites, but substantial …

Many fields of biology—including vertebrate Evo‐Devo research—are facing an explosion of
genomic and transcriptomic sequence information and a multitude of fish species are now …

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

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 …

Evolutionary radiations are responsible for much of the variation in biodiversity across taxa.
Cichlid fishes are well known for spectacular evolutionary radiations, as they have …