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ArticleMolecular ecology2025

Discovery of Genetically Distinct, Sympatric Coral Lineages With Temporal but Not Gametic Reproductive Isolation.

Valérie F Chamberland, Matías Gómez-Corrales, Kristen L Marhaver, Pim Bongaerts, Kelly R W Latijnhouwers, Diana Carolina Vergara-Flórez, Skylar Snowden, Juan A Sánchez, Mark J A Vermeij

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Article in Molecular ecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Valérie F ChamberlandSECORE International, Miami, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1211-6575
Matías Gómez-CorralesDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas-Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Marina-BIOMMAR, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-8604-1553
Kristen L MarhaverCARMABI Foundation, Willemstad, Curaçao.ORCID 0000-0002-8953-1902
Pim BongaertsCalifornia Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6747-6044
Kelly R W LatijnhouwersSECORE International, Miami, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4097-1093
Diana Carolina Vergara-FlórezDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas-Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Marina-BIOMMAR, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0001-9349-4027
Skylar SnowdenVirginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2892-5473
Juan A SánchezDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas-Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Marina-BIOMMAR, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0001-7149-8369
Mark J A VermeijCARMABI Foundation, Willemstad, Curaçao.ORCID 0000-0001-9612-9527

Funding

Facultad de Ciencias-Universidad de los Andes Proyecto Semilla Convocatoria 2017-1Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologie FQRNT-166586Paul G. Allen Family FoundationUS National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences CBET-2133474US National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences IOS-1848671Vicerrectoria de Investigaciones -Universidad de los Andes Completando la teoría del origen de las especies
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Abstract

Coral species abundance and biodiversity estimates are typically based on colony macromorphology. However, such measurements often underestimate the true diversity within coral communities because morphology does not necessarily reflect behavioral or genetic divergence. We previously reported on the unusual spawning behavior of the brain coral Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Curaçao, Southern Caribbean, where this species spawns in both spring and autumn. Here, using data collected from 2013 to 2021, we show that in Curaçao, D. labyrinthiformis comprises two behaviorally and genetically distinct lineages, with 93% of colonies spawning exclusively in one season or the other. The two lineages could not be distinguished based on obvious macromorphological differences or depth but represented clearly distinct genetic clusters (F

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AnthozoaReproductive IsolationSympatryAnimalsCaribbean RegionCoral ReefsGenetics, PopulationGenetic VariationMaleReproductionSeasonscoral spawningcryptic speciationDiploria labyrinthiformisprezygotic and postzygotic barriersseasonal allochrony

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