About the Authors
- Yohey Terai
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Affiliation Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
- Ole Seehausen
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ole.seehausen@aqua.unibe.ch (OS); nokada@bio.titech.ac.jp (NO)
Affiliations Department of Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland , EAWAG Ecology Center, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
- Takeshi Sasaki
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Affiliation Division of Speciation, National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- Kazuhiko Takahashi
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Affiliation Division of Speciation, National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- Shinji Mizoiri
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Affiliation Division of Speciation, National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- Tohru Sugawara
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Affiliation Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
- Tetsu Sato
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Affiliation Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
- Masakatsu Watanabe
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Affiliation Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
- Nellie Konijnendijk
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Affiliation Department of Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Hillary D. J Mrosso
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Affiliation Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Mwanza Fisheries Research Center, Mwanza, Tanzania
- Hidenori Tachida
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Hiroo Imai
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Affiliations Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan , Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
- Yoshinori Shichida
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Affiliations Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan , Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
- Norihiro Okada
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ole.seehausen@aqua.unibe.ch (OS); nokada@bio.titech.ac.jp (NO)
Affiliations Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan , Division of Speciation, National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Y. Terai was responsible for most of the laboratory work, data analysis, designing experiments, and writing. O. Seehausen was responsible for study conception, collection of most fish samples and ecological data, identification of all fish samples, data analysis, designing experiments, and writing. T. Sasaki was responsible for the determination of LWS sequences of N. rufocaudalis. K. Takahashi contributed the collection of N. greenwoodi at Namatembi and M. mbipi at Makobe and determination of LWS sequences of N. rufocaudalis. S. Mizoiri contributed the collection of N. greenwoodi at Namatembi and M. mbipi at Makobe. T. Sugawara provided development of the method for measurement of absorbance of reconstituted LWS pigments with Y. Terai. T. Sato assisted with collection of N. greenwoodi at Namatembi and M. mbipi at Makobe. M. Watanabe contributed the construction of a BAC library. N. Konijnendijk provided collection of M. mbipi at Python and Hippo islands; HDJ Mrosso performed collection of M. mbipi at Python and Hippo islands. H. Tachida supervised the population genetic analyses. H. Imai developed the method for measurement of absorbance of reconstituted LWS pigments with Y. Terai. Y. Shichida supervised measurement of absorbance of reconstituted opsin pigments. N. Okada provided study conception, supervision, and writing.