A genetic approach to the origin of Millepora sp. in the eastern Atlantic

López, Cataixa; Clemente, Sabrina; Almeida, Corrine; Brito, Alberto; Hernández, Mariano

doi:10.1007/s00338-015-1260-8

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“…; López et al . ). They provided the first important insights into variability patterns in reef‐building hydrozoans.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…; López et al . ). We designed new primer pairs for Millepora platyphylla and Millepora dichotoma using GENEIOUS 6.0 (Drummond et al .…”

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confidence: 97%

“…PCR was performed using primers redesigned by us (COI‐F 5′‐TGG AAT TAG CTG GAC CAG GA‐3′ and COI‐R 5′‐TCT ATC TGT GAG TAA CAT GG‐3′) and the protocol from López et al . (). PCR amplification success was confirmed by running 1 μl of amplification products in an agarose electrophoresis.…”

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confidence: 97%

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Inter‐ and intra‐colonial genotypic diversity in hermatypic hydrozoans of the family Milleporidae

Schweinsberg¹,

Tollrian²,

Lampert³

2016

Marine Ecology

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Genetic diversity is the basis for adaptation and therefore of primary scientific interest, especially in species that are threatened by anthropogenic challenges, e.g. climate change and/or pollution. Coral reefs are among the most threatened but also the most diverse ecosystems and have therefore been studied quite extensively. So far, most investigations have focused on scleractinian corals while the equally important reef builders, the hydrozoans, have been less considered. Here we provide the first study of genotypic variability as well as intra‐colonial genetic variability, the co‐occurrence of more than one genotype within a single colony, in Milleporidae based on microsatellites. We analysed two geographically distinct populations from the Millepora dichotoma complex, one from the Red Sea and one from the Great Barrier Reef. Additionally, a population of Millepora platyphylla was analysed from French Polynesia. We compared microsatellite multilocus genotypes and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I haplotypes for each of the three field sites to detect levels of genotypic diversity at the intra‐ and inter‐specific levels. Furthermore, we examined all species for the occurrence of intra‐colonial genetic variability, a recently described mechanism in scleractinian corals that might enhance the adaptive potential of sessile organisms. We found both species and all field sites to be genotypically variable. Twelve mitochondrial haplotypes and 27 multilocus microsatellite genotypes were identified. In addition, intra‐colonial genetic variability was detected in the M. dichotoma complex from the Great Barrier Reef as well as in M. platyphylla from French Polynesia. All of the intra‐colonial genetically variable colonies consisted of one main genotype and a second divergent genotype caused by somatic mutations (mosaicism). Our study proves that Milleporidae are genetically variable and that the phenomenon of intra‐colonial genetic variability also occurs in this important reef‐building family.

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“…; López et al . ). They provided the first important insights into variability patterns in reef‐building hydrozoans.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…; López et al . ). We designed new primer pairs for Millepora platyphylla and Millepora dichotoma using GENEIOUS 6.0 (Drummond et al .…”

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confidence: 97%

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Inter‐ and intra‐colonial genotypic diversity in hermatypic hydrozoans of the family Milleporidae

Schweinsberg¹,

Tollrian²,

Lampert³

2016

Marine Ecology

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“…Then, 3 μl of proteinase K (20 mg ml −1 ) were added to the sample and then incubated at 56°C overnight. After having inactivated the proteinase K, DNA extraction continued by following the method used by López et al (2015). DNA was quantified using a spectrophotometer Nanodrop ND-1000 (Thermo Scientific, USA), and was stored at −20°C until further processing.…”

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First ocular report of Gurltia paralysans (Wolffhügel, 1933) in cat

Udiz-Rodríguez¹,

García-Livia

Valladares-Salmerón³

et al. 2018

Veterinary Parasitology

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A two-year-old cat from Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain), presented with two months history of uveitis in the left eye. It had been treated for two months but still showed an active uveitis. After new treatment, eye examination showed a mobile worm in the anterior chamber. Following surgical removal, the worm was obtained. Morphological study revealed that it was a male metastrongyloid nematode (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) with caudal bursa and two similar spicules. Molecular tools based on the 18Sr RNA gene sequence identified the parasite as Gurltia paralysans, which is a neurotropic nematode previously found in South America. Therefore, this article describes the first report of ophthalmic case of parasitism by G. paralysans, and cites for first time this species out of South America.

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“…Hansen et al 2010). While this may be true for the new and rapidly 169 growing colony at the Canary Islands (Clemente et al 2011, López et al 2015, this is a less likely 170 explanation for the presence of fire coral at Madeira Island. The main colony already was large (about 171 4x3m area) when detected more than 15 years ago.…”

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Fire ! The spread of the Caribbean fire coral Millepora alcicornis in the Eastern Atlantic

Wirtz

Zilberberg

2019

Preprint

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The Western Atlantic fire coral Millepora alcicornis is recorded from Madeira Island in the Eastern Atlantic for the first time. A large colony of this species has apparently been present at a very exposed site at the northern shore of Madeira Island for more than 15 years. Genetic analyses suggest that the colonies of this tropical fire coral at a mid-Atlantic location (Ascension Island) and at each of three Eastern Atlantic locations (Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, Madeira Island) originated from independent long-distance dispersal events from the Caribbean area.

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A genetic approach to the origin of Millepora sp. in the eastern Atlantic

Cited by 37 publications

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Inter‐ and intra‐colonial genotypic diversity in hermatypic hydrozoans of the family Milleporidae

Inter‐ and intra‐colonial genotypic diversity in hermatypic hydrozoans of the family Milleporidae

First ocular report of Gurltia paralysans (Wolffhügel, 1933) in cat

Fire ! The spread of the Caribbean fire coral Millepora alcicornis in the Eastern Atlantic

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