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Genetic diversity, clonality and connectivity in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis: a multi-scale analysis in an insular, fragmented reef system

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Clonality and genetic structure of the coral Pocillopora damicornis sensu lato were assessed using five microsatellites in 12 populations from four islands of the Society Archipelago (French Polynesia) sampled in June 2008. The 427 analysed specimens fell into 132 multilocus genotypes (MLGs), suggesting that asexual reproduction plays an important role in the maintenance of these populations. A haploweb analysis of ITS2 sequences of each MLG was consistent with all of them being conspecific. Genetic differentiation was detected both between and within islands, but when a single sample per MLG was included in the analyses, the populations turned out to be nearly panmictic. These observations provide further evidence of the marked variability in reproductive strategies and genetic structure of P. damicornis throughout its geographic range; comparison with results previously obtained for the congeneric species Pocillopora meandrina underlines the importance of life history traits in shaping the genetic structure of coral populations.

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Acknowledgments

Some samples were collected with the help of Pauline Bosserelle from the CRIOBE USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE. The samples were genotyped at the IFR 119 “Montpellier Environnement Biodiversité”. We would particularly like to thank Marie-Thérèse Augé, Érick Desmarais, Frédérique Cerqueira and Nicolas Bierne for their help in data acquisition and analysis. This paper is a contribution to the ANR “ADACNI” (ANR-12-ADAP-0016).

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  2. Laboratoire d’Excellence “CORAIL”, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France

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  3. CNRS, Ecologie et Evolution des Interactions, UMR 5244, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan, France

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Adjeroud, M., Guérécheau, A., Vidal-Dupiol, J. et al. Genetic diversity, clonality and connectivity in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis: a multi-scale analysis in an insular, fragmented reef system. Mar Biol 161, 531–541 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2355-9

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