Evolutionary responses of a reef-building coral to climate change at the end of the last glacial maximum.

ABSTRACT: Climate change threatens the survival of coral reefs on a global scale, primarily through mass bleaching and mortality as a result of marine heatwaves. While these short-term effects are clear, predicting the fate of coral reefs over the coming century is a major challenge. One way to understand the longer-term effects of rapid climate change is to examine the response of coral populations to past climate shifts. Coastal and shallow-water marine ecosystems such as coral reefs have been reshaped many times by sea-level changes during the Pleistocene, yet, few studies have directly linked this with its consequences on population demographics, dispersal, and adaptation. Here we use powerful analytical techniques, afforded by haplotype phased whole-genomes, to establish such links for the reef

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9578555 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature