Africa's Lake Victoria is home to one of evolution's greatest experiments. In its waters, what began as a single lineage belonging to the cichlid family of fishes has since given rise to a dazzling ...

SPRINGFIELD –The hook for this national convention is fish: Members of The American Cichlid Association will be gathering for the first time in New England in Springfield July 30 to Aug. 2. The ...

In the April issue of Scientific American, I present recent insights into the extraordinary evolution of cichlid fish. Although many factors have probably contributed to the stunning success of this ...

Evolutionary biologists describe a new gene in the Central American Midas cichlid fish and identify a variant caused by a 'jumping gene' (transposon). This variant of the 'goldentouch gene' is most ...

I currently have 26 publications in referreed journals along with over 100 articles in the popular press, mostly on cichlid fishes. I also edited a volume on cichlid fishes. pdf Parvis, E.S. and R.M.

African cichlid fish evolved in calm, clearwater lakes saturated with sunlight, and are known for their incredible visual system, which relies on a diverse array of visual pigment proteins called ...