| Title |
Shape-shifting corals: Molecular markers show morphology is evolutionarily plastic in Porites
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, February 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-9-45 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Zac H Forsman, Daniel J Barshis, Cynthia L Hunter, Robert J Toonen |
| Abstract |
Corals are notoriously difficult to identify at the species-level due to few diagnostic characters and variable skeletal morphology. This 'coral species problem' is an impediment to understanding the evolution and biodiversity of this important and threatened group of organisms. We examined the evolution of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and mitochondrial markers (COI, putative control region) in Porites, one of the most taxonomically challenging and ecologically important genera of reef-building corals. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 2% |
| Portugal | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Bermuda | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 2% |
| Unknown | 272 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 71 | 24% |
| Researcher | 64 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 51 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 39 | 13% |
| Unknown | 30 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 170 | 58% |
| Environmental Science | 37 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 25 | 8% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 13 | 4% |
| Engineering | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 9 | 3% |
| Unknown | 38 | 13% |
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