The puzzling phylogeography of the haplochromine cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni.

ABSTRACT: Astatotilapia burtoni is a member of the "modern haplochromines," the most species-rich lineage within the family of cichlid fishes. Although the species has been in use as research model in various fields of research since almost seven decades, including developmental biology, neurobiology, genetics and genomics, and behavioral biology, little is known about its spatial distribution and phylogeography. Here, we examine the population structure and phylogeographic history of A. burtoni throughout its entire distribution range in the Lake Tanganyika basin. In addition, we include several A. burtoni laboratory strains to trace back their origin from wild populations. To this end, we reconstruct phylogenetic relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA

SUBMITTER: Pauquet G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6010872 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature