Sentences with phrase «cichlid uses»

Researchers have found that one species of cichlid uses urine to send chemical signals to rivals during aggressive displays.

Not exact matches

Chernoff has compiled a staggering collection so far, including, at top left, collection jars used to maintain specimens in alcohol; facing right and up, two red - eyed piranhas; far right, a fish head and the skin of an Arapaima gigas, South America's largest freshwater fish; across the bottom, cichlid, tetra, and aruanã skeletons.

For the study, published this week in the journal The American Naturalist, researchers used the Neolamprologus pulcher (N. Pulcher) breed of cichlid, primarily found in Lake Tanganyika — the great African freshwater lake that feeds into the Congo River.

A cichlid in Africa's Lake Tanganyika uses patterns of facial stripes to distinguish individuals and keep tabs on them

«Our study reveals a spectrum of methods that nature uses to allow organisms to adapt to different environments,» said senior author Kerstin Lindblad - Toh, Scientific Director of Vertebrate Genome Biology at the Broad Institute: «These mechanisms are likely to be also at work in humans and other vertebrates, and by focusing on the remarkably diverse cichlid fishes, we were able to study this process on a broad scale for the first time.»

Using nuclear haplotypes with microsatellites to study gene flow between recently separated Cichlid species Hey, J., Y. Won, A. Sivasundar, R. Nielsen, et al. 2004.

Comparative genomic analysis from 82 wild and wild - derived species grouped by microhabitat - use identified variation corresponding with one of these QTL, further supporting broad association with habitat use across the Malawi cichlid radiation.

Using the cichlid fish species as a model system gives us valuable insight into human biology and disease.

«Our study reveals a spectrum of methods that nature uses to allow organisms to adapt to different environments,» said co-senior author Kerstin Lindblad - Toh, Co-Director of SciLifeLab, scientific director of vertebrate genome biology at the Broad Institute and professor in comparative genomics at Uppsala University «These mechanisms are likely also at work in humans and other vertebrates, and by focusing on the remarkably diverse cichlid fishes, we were able to study this process on a broad scale for the first time.»

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Rift Lake cichlids, brackish - water environments, and of course, marine fish and reef tanks must use gravel made from aragonite or similar organic - based materials such as coral rock or tufa.