Lake Tanganyika in Africa is a true hotspot of organismal diversity. Approximately 240 species of cichlid fishes have evolved in this lake in less than 10 million years. A research team from the ...

Researchers have discovered that the genes related to extracellular matrix (ECM) and the Wnt signaling pathway characterize the independently acquired lip hypertrophy in cichlids of the East African ...

This fact confirmed for the researchers that Tanganyika’s cichlids were ideal subjects for testing ideas about adaptive radiation — an evolutionary event in which many diverse species emerge rapidly ...

Cichlid Fishes from African Lake Tanganyika Shed Light on How Organismal Diversity Arises. Nov. 18, 2020 ...

Indeed, Simochromis diagramma, a Lake Tanganyika native that knows the cuckoo catfish well, showed rates of parasitism that were 7 to 11 times lower than cichlid species from Lakes Victoria ...

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

A cichlid in Africa’s Lake Tanganyika uses patterns of facial stripes to distinguish individuals and keep tabs on them. Close. Advertisement. Skip to content. Sign in. Search the website.

The Great Lakes of Africa – Tanganyika, Malawi and Victoria – swarm with a multitude of different species; Lake Malawi alone houses over 500 that live nowhere else in the world.