Cichlids in Lake Victoria, Africa (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

Cichlids in Lake Victoria, Africa

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The new Nature study on "picky females" may explain how cichlids, a fish found in Lake Victoria in Africa, can coexist in high diversity in the same habitat.

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Ole Seehausen, Fish Ecology and Evolution, Eawag, Switzerland

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