Adaptive radiation, speciation, and reproductive isolation in African weakly electric fish: (Genus Campylomormyrus, Mormyridae, Teleostei) [Elektronische Ressource] / von Philine Feulner

Institut für Biochemie und Biologie Evolutionsbiologie/Spezielle Zoologie Adaptive radiation, speciation, and reproductive isolation in African weakly electric fish (Genus Campylomormyrus, Mormyridae, Teleostei) Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades “doctor rerum naturalium” (Dr. rer. nat.) in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin “Evolutionsbiologie“ eingereicht an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam von Philine Feulner Potsdam, April 2006 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements First of all, I like to thank Prof. Dr. Ralph Tiedemann for suggesting the topic of my thesis and for his persisting interest during its progress. I really appreciated his encouragement, constructive criticism and support during the whole duration of my PhD. I also want to thank Prof. Dr. Frank Kirschbaum for his contribution to the topic. I want to express him my gratitude for kindly sharing his great knowledge on weakly electric fish, for the advices and supports to properly raise and keep my fish healthy, and for taking part in productive discussions on the evolution of mormyrids. For his contribution to the phylogenetic analysis and his effort to improve my phrasing and English in the articles as well as in this thesis a special thanks goes to Valerio Ketmaier.