San Salvador Pupfish Acquired Genetic Variation from Fish on Other Islands to Adapt to New Foods (image)

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The most common topology estimated in SAGUARO showing a monophyletic San Salvador Island clade covered 64 percent of the genome. San Salvador Island generalists (red), molluscivores (green), large-jawed scale-eaters (dark blue), small-jawed scale-eaters (light blue), and outgroup species (black) in the Caribbean, California, and Mexico.

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Emilie Richards and Christopher Martin

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