Evolution of Labeo victorianus predates the Pleistocene desiccation of Lake Victoria: evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence variation

Title: Evolution of Labeo victorianus predates the Pleistocene desiccation of Lake Victoria: evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence variation
Creator: Rutaisire, Justus
Creator: Booth, Anthony J
Creator: Masembe, C
Creator: Nyakaana, S
Creator: Muwanika, V B
Date Issued: 2004
Date: 2004
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6762
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007924
Description: Geological data show that Lake Victoria dried out some 15 000 years ago. These data suggest that the entire faunal diversity within the lake has evolved since this time. However, mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity in the endemic cyprinid fish, Labeo victorianus, was high (24 haplotypes in 38 individuals; percentage sequence divergence of 0.74%), suggesting that the evolution of this species predates this Late Pleistocene climatological event. This finding is consistent with what has been reported earlier for cichlid fishes in the lake.
Format: 2 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: South African Journal of Science
Language: English
Relation: Rutaisire, J. and Booth, A.J. and Masembe, C. and Nyakaana, S. and Muwanika, V.B. (2004) Evolution of Labeo victorianus predates the Pleistocene desiccation of Lake Victoria: evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence variation. South African Journal of Science, 100 (11 & 12). pp. 607-608. ISSN 0038-2353

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RU Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science

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