Phylogenomic Analyses Show Repeated Evolution of Hypertrophied Lips Among Lake Malawi Cichlid Fishes
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DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac051
Abstract: Abstract Cichlid fishes have repeatedly evolved an astounding diversity of trophic morphologies. For example, hypertrophied lips have evolved multiple times in both African and Neotropical cichlids and could have even evolved convergently within single species… read more here.
Keywords: malawi cichlid; hypertrophied lip; hypertrophied lips; evolution ... See more keywords
A Kiss of Deep Homology: Partial Convergence in the Genomic Basis of Hypertrophied Lips in Cichlid Fish and Human Cleft Lip
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DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evad072
Abstract: Abstract The genomic loci generating both adaptive and maladaptive variation could be surprisingly predictable in deeply homologous vertebrate structures like the lips. Variation in highly conserved vertebrate traits such as the jaws and teeth in… read more here.
Keywords: cichlid fish; cleft lip; hypertrophied lips; convergence ... See more keywords