«This kind
of dynamic is found in situations where there are good ideas
out there, but it's really hard for any one
individual to find them searching in
isolation,» Goldstone said.
Ole Seehausen, senior author and Head
of Fish Ecology and Evolution at Eawag Aquatic Research, said: «African cichlid fish stand
out amongst fish by their incredible richness
of species that evolved without geographical
isolation and that now coexist within
individual lakes.