Three lakes in Africa - - Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Victoria - - each contain a wide variety of cichlid fish with diverse, specialized adaptations. Each lake's "species flock" is thought to have derived independently from a single progenitor, and subsequently diversified into hundreds of unique species. If this hypothesis is correct, what would you expect the tree to look like for the East African cichlids?

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Mary Frederick

19 May, 15:41

Three lakes in Africa - - Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Victoria - - each contain a wide variety of cichlid fish with diverse, specialized adaptations. Each lake's "species flock" is thought to have derived independently from a single progenitor, and subsequently diversified into hundreds of unique species. If this hypothesis is correct, what would you expect the tree to look like for the East African cichlids?

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Dean · Answer 1

The East African cichilds are founded in discrete lacustrine environment, their features are greatly influenced by geology, there are almost 2000 species of the African Cichlids in Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria. These 2000 species are a representation of morphological variations that allows them to live in niche habitat.

There is an incredibly rapid rate of diversification among African Cichlids due to very high rates of gene duplication among the sp

Alvin Garcia · Answer 2

The East African cichilds are founded in discrete lacustrine environment, their features are greatly influenced by geology, there are almost 2000 species of the African Cichlids in Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria. These 2000 species are a representation of morphological variations that allows them to live in niche habitat.

There is an incredibly rapid rate of diversification among African Cichlids due to very high rates of gene duplication among the species.