Journal
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages 435-441Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02549.x
Keywords
adaptation; desertification; mitochondrial DNA; speciation
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- Great Western Research Fellowship
- NERC [MBA010001] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [MBA010001] Funding Source: researchfish
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The evolutionary origin of the only north-west Saharan haplochromine cichlid, Astatotilapia desfontainii, was explored using mitochondrial DNA sequences. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that this species belonged to the main East African-Nilotic haplochromine clade, but was a distinct lineage that diverged from modern haplochromines in the Pliocene. The results suggest that A. desfontainii is a relict haplochromine lineage that has endured major climate fluctuations in North Africa.
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