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ArticleBioscience2025

Conservation of coral genetic diversity through a global biorepository network.

Mary Hagedorn, Nikolas Zuchowicz, E Michael Henley, Claire Lager, Riley Perry, Harvey Blackburn, Jessica Bouwmeester, Olivier Brunel, Claire Carter, Kathryn M Rodriguez-Clark and 13 more

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Article in Bioscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Biobanking biodiversity: recent strategies, challenges, and opportunities.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Mary HagedornSmithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute  Washington, DC.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0558-2340
Nikolas ZuchowiczCollege of Science and Engineering fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3577-0190
E Michael HenleySmithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute  Washington, DC.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4140-3709
Claire LagerSmithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne'ohe, Hawai'i, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9112-9779
Riley PerrySmithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, Hagedorn Laboratory, Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne'ohe, Hawai'i, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4021-8580
Harvey BlackburnUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service's National Animal Germplasm Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0575-1594
Jessica BouwmeesterDepartment of Environmental Protection and Regeneration, Red Sea Global, Umluj, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9221-537X
Olivier BrunelOceanographic Institute of Monaco and cocoordinator of the World Coral Conservatory, Monaco.
Claire CarterSmithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, United States.
Kathryn M Rodriguez-ClarkSmithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, Association of Zoos and Aquarium's Population Management Center, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1356-9998
Pierre ComizzoliPan-Smithsonian Cryo-Initiative, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-9063
Beth FirchauConservation Coordinator LLC, Florida Reef Tract Rescue project coordinator, Association of Zoos and Aquariums SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) Coral Program, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.
Dean MillerGreat Barrier Reef Legacy and Forever Reef Project, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia.
Jennifer MooreMission: Iconic Reefs, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, St Petersburg, Florida, United States.
Erinn M MullerDirector of Mote's International Coral Gene Bank, Coral Health and Disease Research Program Manager, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2695-2064
Keri O'NeilCoral Conservation Program, Florida Aquarium, Apollo Beach, Florida, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8994-1648
Andrea M QuattriniDepartment of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4247-3055
Didier ZoccolaCentre Scientifique de Monaco and World Coral Conservatory, Monaco.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1524-8098
Anastazia T BanaszakUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6667-3983
Kristen L MarhaverCaribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity Foundation, Piscaderabaai, Willemstad, Curaçao.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8953-1902
Rebecca HobbsTaronga Conservation Society Australia, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6989-2447
Justine K O'BrienTaronga Conservation Society Australia, Mosman, Adjunct, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2011-9626
Jonathan DalyTaronga Conservation Society Australia  Mosman.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-4672

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

If greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, 95% of the world's shallow water reef-building corals could die within decades. Reducing global carbon emissions is critical, but progress is slow, with relief likely arriving too late. Active conservation intervention is needed now to safeguard reefs. To this end, we have created a global partnership establishing and expanding a coral biorepository alliance to maintain diverse collections of corals in biosecure facilities using three main approaches: frozen nonliving tissue samples, live coral colonies in aquaculture, and frozen and alive cryopreserved samples. This alliance aims to integrate and standardize sample types and biorepository management processes through global collaboration, securing essential bio- and genetic diversity and creating a hedge against the extinction of species and populations in the wild. In addition, this network will serve to actively support long-term coral adaptation, resilience, and restoration through the production of new coral genotypes from live and cryopreserved samples.

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biorepositoriesbiosecuritycoralcryopreservationgenetic diversity

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PMID41312294
PMCPMC12650515

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