Corals are a dominant benthic fauna that occur across a vast range of depths from just
below the ocean's surface to the abyssopelagic zone. However, little is known about the …

The ability of local populations to adapt to future climate conditions is facilitated by a balance
between short range dispersal allowing local buildup of adaptively beneficial alleles, and …

Coral reefs are the most diverse ecosystem on the planet based on the abundance and
diversity of phyla and higher taxa. However, it is still difficult to assess the diversity of lower …

Background Over the last decade, several coral genomes have been sequenced allowing a
better understanding of these symbiotic organisms threatened by climate change …

Transcriptome and genome data from twenty stony coral species and a selection of
reference bilaterians were studied to elucidate coral evolutionary history. We identified …

Closely related species often show substantial differences in ecological traits that allow them
to occupy different environmental niches. For few of these systems is it clear what the …

Background Despite the biological and economic significance of scleractinian reef-building
corals, the lack of large molecular datasets for a representative range of species limits …

Background Cnidarians, including corals and anemones, offer unique insights into
metazoan evolution because they harbor genetic similarities with vertebrates beyond that …

As coral reefs struggle to survive under climate change, it is crucial to know whether they
have the capacity to withstand changing conditions, particularly increasing seawater …

The DNA barcoding initiative has advocated the use of the 5′-end (∼ 658bp) of
mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) to genetically distinguish species …