Evolutionary history of the reef fish Anisotremus interruptus (Perciformes: Haemulidae) throughout the Tropical Eastern Pacific

PN Palmerín‐Serrano, J Tavera… - Journal of Zoological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) is a dynamic coastal environment characterized
by a complex system of oceanic processes and discontinuous rocky habitats. These …

Clarifying the taxonomy of some cryptic blennies (Blenniidae) in their native and introduced range

MP Cabezas, OM Lasso-Alcala, E Quintero-T… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Omobranchus punctatus is native to the Indo-Pacific region and invasive in the Atlantic
region, currently being considered one of the most widely distributed blenny species …

Recurrent gene flow events occurred during the diversification of clownfishes of the skunk complex

A Marcionetti, JAM Bertrand, F Cortesi… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Clownfish (subfamily Amphiprioninae) are an iconic group of coral reef fish that evolved a
mutualistic interaction with sea anemones, which triggered the adaptive radiation of the …

Evolutionary responses of a reef-building coral to climate change at the end of the last glacial maximum

J Zhang, ZT Richards, AAS Adam… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Climate change threatens the survival of coral reefs on a global scale, primarily through
mass bleaching and mortality as a result of marine heatwaves. While these short-term effects …

Speciation rates are unrelated to the formation of population structure in Malagasy gemsnakes

FT Burbrink, S Ruane, N Rabibisoa… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Speciation rates vary substantially across the tree of life. These rates should be linked to the
rate at which population structure forms if a continuum between micro and …

Geography best explains global patterns of genetic diversity and postglacial co‐expansion in marine turtles

BN Reid, E Naro‐Maciel, AT Hahn… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For many species, climate oscillations drove cycles of population contraction during cool
glacial periods followed by expansion during interglacials. Some groups, however, show …

Gene flow throughout the evolutionary history of a colour polymorphic and generalist clownfish

S Schmid, M Bachmann Salvy… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Even seemingly homogeneous on the surface, the oceans display high environmental
heterogeneity across space and time. Indeed, different soft barriers structure the marine …

Thriving populations with low genetic diversity in giant clam species, Tridacna maxima and Tridacna noae, at Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea

ML Neo, LL Liu, D Huang, K Soong - Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Giant clams provide valuable functions to the coral reefs and traditional fisheries in the
South China Sea (SCS), but many populations face escalating threats of overexploitation …

Recent population expansion of longtail tuna Thunnus tonggol (Bleeker, 1851) inferred from the mitochondrial DNA markers

NS Kasim, TNAM Jaafar, RM Piah, WM Arshaad… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
The population genetic diversity and demographic history of the longtail tuna Thunnus
tonggol in Malaysian waters was investigated using mitochondrial DNA D-loop and NADH …

Genetic connectivity in Sparisoma aurofrenatum (redband parrotfish): an unexpected journey

DA Velasco-Montoya, AM Millán-Márquez, J Tavera - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
Oceanic biogeographic barriers disrupt population connectivity and are produced by
currents, changes in sea surface temperature, geomorphology, upwelling and resource …