Consensus guidelines for advancing coral holobiont genome and specimen voucher deposition

CR Voolstra, KM Quigley, SW Davies… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coral research is being ushered into the genomic era. To fully capitalize on the potential
discoveries from this genomic revolution, the rapidly increasing number of high-quality …

Chemical diversity of soft coral steroids and their pharmacological activities

EV Ermolenko, AB Imbs, TA Gloriozova, VV Poroikov… - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
The review is devoted to the chemical diversity of steroids produced by soft corals and their
determined and potential activities. There are about 200 steroids that belong to different …

A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the 'Acropora tenuis' (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex

TCL Bridge, PF Cowman, AM Quattrini… - Zoological Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Molecular phylogenetics has fundamentally altered our understanding of the taxonomy,
systematics and biogeography of corals. Recently developed phylogenomic techniques …

Gene flow creates a mirage of cryptic species in a Southeast Asian spotted stream frog complex

KO Chan, CR Hutter, PL Wood Jr, LL Grismer… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Most new cryptic species are described using conventional tree‐and distance‐based
species delimitation methods (SDMs), which rely on phylogenetic arrangements and …

Speciation Hypotheses from Phylogeographic Delimitation Yield an Integrative Taxonomy for Seal Salamanders (Desmognathus monticola)

RA Pyron, KA O'Connell, SC Duncan… - Systematic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Significant advances have been made in species delimitation and numerous methods can
test precisely defined models of speciation, though the synthesis of phylogeography and …

Importance of timely metadata curation to the global surveillance of genetic diversity

ED Crandall, RH Toczydlowski, L Liggins… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic diversity within species represents a fundamental yet underappreciated level of
biodiversity. Because genetic diversity can indicate species resilience to changing climate …

New approaches to species delimitation and population structure of anthozoans: Two case studies of octocorals using ultraconserved elements and exons

KL Erickson, A Pentico, AM Quattrini… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As coral populations decline worldwide in the face of ongoing environmental change,
documenting their distribution, diversity and conservation status is now more imperative than …

Mito-nuclear discordance within Anthozoa, with notes on unique properties of their mitochondrial genomes

AM Quattrini, KE Snyder, R Purow-Ruderman… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Whole mitochondrial genomes are often used in phylogenetic reconstruction. However,
discordant patterns in species relationships between mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenies …

Diverse coral reef invertebrates exhibit patterns of phylosymbiosis

PA O'Brien, S Tan, C Yang, PR Frade… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Microbiome assemblages of plants and animals often show a degree of correlation with host
phylogeny; an eco-evolutionary pattern known as phylosymbiosis. Using 16S rRNA gene …

Solving the coral species delimitation conundrum

C Ramírez-Portilla, AH Baird, PF Cowman… - Systematic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Distinguishing coral species is not only crucial for physiological, ecological, and
evolutionary studies but also to enable effective management of threatened reef …