Our data support the known chromosomal linkage between orange blotch color and ZW ... contributing to sex determination in Malawi cichlids. The sex of ZW individuals is strongly influenced ...

Orange-blotch, a sex-linked intraspecific colour polymorphism that features in several models of speciation, is due to a single dominant gene in a Lake Malawi cichlid. Marked variation in visual ...

Researchers with the Malawi Cichlid Genomic Diversity Survey hoped ... males of both new species likely change color while “courting,” the study said. Their “full breeding dress” may ...