Researchers have discovered that the genes related to extracellular matrix (ECM) and the Wnt signaling pathway characterize ...

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 ...

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 has ...

The species found in Lake Tanganyika are more diverse — you can find species from more than one branch of the cichlid tree. Some species are popular in aquariums , and others — like blue ...

Cichlid fishes have undergone a mind-boggling degree of speciation. ... Lake Malawi, which harbors perhaps 800 to 1,000 species, and Lake Tanganyika, ...

Nothing about cichlids is ordinary. In Lake Tanganyika alone, at the divide between Central and East Africa, roughly 250 species evolved from a single ancestor over 9.7 million years.

Jimena Golcher-Benavides and Chris Horsfall, a sponsor from Tanganyika's Lake Shore lodge, ... More delineating the diving transect to monitor cichlid fish populations. Costa Rican scientist ...

Lake Tanganyika is perhaps best known by scientists for its incredible biodiversity. More than 2,000 species live in the lake, including some 250 types of cichlids.