A robust phylogeny among major lineages of the East African cichlids

The huge monophyletic group of the East African cichlid radiations (EAR) consists of thousands of species belonging to 12–14 tribes; the number of tribes differs among studies. Many studies have inferred phylogenies of EAR tribes using various genetic markers. However, these phylogenies partly contradict one another and can have weak statistic support. In this study, we conducted maximum-likelihood (ML) phylogenetic analyses using restriction...