The adaptive radiation of cichlid fish in lake tanganyika: a morphological perspective.
The adaptive radiation of cichlid fish in lake tanganyika: a morphological perspective.
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甘尼卡湖中丽鱼科鱼的适应性辐射：形态学的观点。
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10.4061/2011/620754
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2011
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Koblmüller S
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Takahashi T;Koblmüller S
坦噶尼喀湖是东非最古老的古大湖。这个湖拥有大约250种慈鲷鱼，在形态，行为和生态方面高度多样化。坦噶尼喀湖的慈鲷多样性是通过爆炸性的物种形成进化而来的，被视为适应性辐射的教科书例子，一个单一的祖先迅速分化成一系列物种，这些物种在利用环境和资源时具有不同的特征。为了阐明坦噶尼喀湖的慈鲷鱼物种组合的快速形成和适应性辐射的过程和机制，重要的是要整合证据，从几条线的研究。巨大的努力已经，正在，肯定会采取解决这么多的慈鲷物种在这么短的时间内进化的奥秘。在本综述中，我们总结了形态学研究，涉及到坦噶尼喀湖的慈鲷的适应性辐射，并强调其重要性，了解适应性辐射的过程。
Lake Tanganyika is the oldest of the Great Ancient Lakes in the East Africa. This lake harbours about 250 species of cichlid fish, which are highly diverse in terms of morphology, behaviour, and ecology. Lake Tanganyika's cichlid diversity has evolved through explosive speciation and is treated as a textbook example of adaptive radiation, the rapid differentiation of a single ancestor into an array of species that differ in traits used to exploit their environments and resources. To elucidate the processes and mechanisms underlying the rapid speciation and adaptive radiation of Lake Tanganyika's cichlid species assemblage it is important to integrate evidence from several lines of research. Great efforts have been, are, and certainly will be taken to solve the mystery of how so many cichlid species evolved in so little time. In the present review, we summarize morphological studies that relate to the adaptive radiation of Lake Tanganyika's cichlids and highlight their importance for understanding the process of adaptive radiation.