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Genomic variation among populations of threatened coral: Acropora cervicornis.
BMC genomics - 13 Apr 2016
Drury C, Dale K E, Panlilio J M, Miller S V, Lirman D, Larson E A, Bartels E, Crawford D L, Oleksiak M F
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BACKGROUND: Acropora cervicornis, a threatened, keystone reef-building coral has undergone severe declines (>90 %) throughout the Caribbean. These declines could reduce genetic variation and thus hamper the species' ability to adapt. Active restoration strategies are a common conservation approach to mitigate species' declines and require genetic data on surviving populations to efficiently respond to declines...
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