Communications Biology (May 2022)

Intrapopulation adaptive variance supports thermal tolerance in a reef-building coral

  • Crawford Drury,
  • Nina K. Bean,
  • Casey I. Harris,
  • Joshua R. Hancock,
  • Joel Huckeba,
  • Christian Martin H,
  • Ty N. F. Roach,
  • Robert A. Quinn,
  • Ruth D. Gates

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03428-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Selective breeding of corals with different bleaching phenotypes demonstrates the potential for climate adaptation in vertically transmitting species.