| Title | DNA barcoding reveals the coral "laboratory-rat'', Stylophora pistillata encompasses multiple identities |
| Abstract | Stylophora pistillata is a widely used coral "lab-rat'' species with highly variable morphology and a broad biogeographic range (Red Sea to western central Pacific). Here we show, by analysing Cytochorme Oxidase I sequences, from 241 samples across this range, that this taxon in fact comprises four deeply divergent clades corresponding to the Pacific-Western Australia, Chagos-Madagascar-South Africa, Gulf of Aden-Zanzibar-Madagascar, and Red Sea-Persian/Arabian Gulf-Kenya. On the basis of the fossil record of Stylophora, these four clades diverged from one another 51.5-29.6 Mya, i.e., long before the closure of the Tethyan connection between the tropical Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic in the early Miocene (16-24 Mya) and should be recognised as four distinct species. These findings have implications for comparative ecological and/or physiological studies carried out using Stylophora pistillata as a model species, and highlight the fact that phenotypic plasticity, thought to be common in scleractinian corals, can mask significant genetic variation. |
| Source | Scientific reports (Nature Publishing Group) 3 |
| Keywords | Stylophora pistillataEVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGYmarine biologyCoxI |
| Journal | Scientific reports (Nature Publishing Group) |
| Editor | Nature Publishing Group, London, Regno Unito |
| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1038/srep01520 |
| Authors | Keshavmurthy, Shashank; Yang, Sung-Yin; Alamaru, Ada; Chuang, Yao-Yang; Pichon, Michel; Obura, David; Fontana, Silvia; De Palmas, Stephane; Stefani, Fabrizio; Benzoni, Francesca; MacDonald, Angus; Noreen, Annika M. E.; Chen, Chienshun; Wallace, Carden C.; Pillay, Ruby Moothein; Denis, Vianney; Amri, Affendi Yang; Reimer, James D.; Mezaki, Takuma; Sheppard, Charles; Loya, Yossi; Abelson, Avidor; Mohammed, Mohammed Suleiman; Baker, Andrew C.; Mostafavi, Pargol Ghavam; Suharsono, Budiyanto A.; Chen, Chaolun Allen |
| Text | 307713 2013 10.1038/srep01520 ISI Web of Science WOS 000316544400003 Stylophora pistillata EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY marine biology CoxI DNA barcoding reveals the coral laboratory rat , Stylophora pistillata encompasses multiple identities Keshavmurthy, Shashank; Yang, Sung Yin; Alamaru, Ada; Chuang, Yao Yang; Pichon, Michel; Obura, David; Fontana, Silvia; De Palmas, Stephane; Stefani, Fabrizio; Benzoni, Francesca; MacDonald, Angus; Noreen, Annika M. E.; Chen, Chienshun; Wallace, Carden C.; Pillay, Ruby Moothein; Denis, Vianney; Amri, Affendi Yang; Reimer, James D.; Mezaki, Takuma; Sheppard, Charles; Loya, Yossi; Abelson, Avidor; Mohammed, Mohammed Suleiman; Baker, Andrew C.; Mostafavi, Pargol Ghavam; Suharsono, Budiyanto A.; Chen, Chaolun Allen Academia Sinica Taiwan; University of Ryukyus; Tel Aviv University; Queensland Museum; James Cook University; CORDIO; University of Milano Bicocca; Academia Sinica Taiwan; Natl Res Council IRSA CNR; University of Kwazulu Natal; Southern Cross University; National Applied Research Laboratories Taiwan; Mauritius Oceanog Inst; Universiti Malaya; University of Western Australia; University of Ryukyus; Biol Inst Kuroshio; University of Warwick; University of Dar es Salaam; University of Miami; 3 Islamic Azad Univ; Indonesian Inst Sci LIPI; National Taiwan University Stylophora pistillata is a widely used coral lab rat species with highly variable morphology and a broad biogeographic range Red Sea to western central Pacific . Here we show, by analysing Cytochorme Oxidase I sequences, from 241 samples across this range, that this taxon in fact comprises four deeply divergent clades corresponding to the Pacific Western Australia, Chagos Madagascar South Africa, Gulf of Aden Zanzibar Madagascar, and Red Sea Persian/Arabian Gulf Kenya. On the basis of the fossil record of Stylophora, these four clades diverged from one another 51.5 29.6 Mya, i.e., long before the closure of the Tethyan connection between the tropical Indo West Pacific and Atlantic in the early Miocene 16 24 Mya and should be recognised as four distinct species. These findings have implications for comparative ecological and/or physiological studies carried out using Stylophora pistillata as a model species, and highlight the fact that phenotypic plasticity, thought to be common in scleractinian corals, can mask significant genetic variation. 3 Published version DNA barcoding reveals the coral laboratory rat , Stylophora pistillata encompasses multiple identities srep01520.pdf Articolo in rivista Nature Publishing Group 2045 2322 Scientific reports Nature Publishing Group Scientific reports Nature Publishing Group Scientific reports Nature Publishing Group fabrizio.stefani STEFANI FABRIZIO |
