Genome-wide SNP analysis explains coral diversity and recovery in the Ryukyu Archipelago

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 18211
• Main Authors: Shinzato, Chuya, Mungpakdee, Sutada, Arakaki, Nana, Satoh, Noriyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.12.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 49/23; 631/158/1745; 631/208/457; Animals; Anthozoa - genetics; Archipelagoes; Cluster Analysis; Coral bleaching; Corals; Dispersal; Evolution, Molecular; Genetic distance; Genome; Genome-Wide Association Study; Genomes; Humanities and Social Sciences; Islands; Larvae; Migration; multidisciplinary; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Population; Population structure; Population studies; Principal Component Analysis; Science; Single-nucleotide polymorphism
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/srep18211

Following a global coral bleaching event in 1998, Acropora corals surrounding most of Okinawa island (OI) were devastated, although they are now gradually recovering. In contrast, the Kerama Islands (KIs) only 30 km west of OI, have continuously hosted a great variety of healthy corals. Taking advan...