ArticleScientific reports2022
Genetic variation in released gametes produces genetic diversity in the offspring of the broadcast spawning coral Acropora tenuis.
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- Proximity and current alignment drive fertilisation success in a broadcast-spawning coral (Acropora cf. hyacinthus).Communications biology · 2026Article
- Effects of temperature, hyposalinity, and diminishing sperm concentration on fertilisation and embryonic development in Acropora tumida and Platygyra carnosa.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Slight thermal stress exerts genetic diversity selection at coral (Acropora digitifera) larval stages.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- Conservation of Protein Kinase A Substrates in the Cnidarian Coral Spermatozoa Among Animals and Their Molecular Evolution.Journal of molecular evolution · 2024Article
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Abstract
All coral species in the genus Acropora are broadcast-spawning hermaphrodites. Fertilization in the ocean requires sufficient numbers of gametes from conspecifics and the contact time for fertilization is thought to be limited by the rapid diffusion of sperm. Many studies have reported a positive correlation between sperm concentration and fertilization success, but it is not clear how gametes diffuse in seawater to produce mixtures of gametes from many colonies, leading to fertilization that improves genetic diversity. To elucidate this, we analyzed the changes in sperm concentration of A. tenuis in situ after spawning and genotyped sperm and fertilized eggs from seawater using seven microsatellite (MS) markers. Results showed that most of the eggs were fertilized at below 10
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