Full-sibs in cohorts of newly settled coral reef fishes.
Reef fishes exhibit a bipartite life cycle where a benthic adult stage is preceded by a pelagic dispersal phase during which larvae are presumed to be mixed and transported by oceanic currents. Genetic analyses based on twelve microsatellite loci of 181 three-spot dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus)...
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doaj-2f2b33b99309496597233cf54b2cc4672020-11-24T22:17:19ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-0179e4495310.1371/journal.pone.0044953Full-sibs in cohorts of newly settled coral reef fishes.Giacomo BernardiRicardo BeldadeSally J HolbrookRussell J SchmittReef fishes exhibit a bipartite life cycle where a benthic adult stage is preceded by a pelagic dispersal phase during which larvae are presumed to be mixed and transported by oceanic currents. Genetic analyses based on twelve microsatellite loci of 181 three-spot dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus) that settled concurrently on a small reef in French Polynesia revealed 11 groups of siblings (1 full sibs and 10 half-sibs). This is the first evidence that fish siblings can journey together throughout their entire planktonic dispersal phase (nearly a month long for three-spot dascyllus). Our findings have critical implications for the dynamics and genetic structure of fish populations, as well as for the design of marine protected areas and management of fisheries.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3441696?pdf=render |
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Giacomo Bernardi Ricardo Beldade Sally J Holbrook Russell J Schmitt Full-sibs in cohorts of newly settled coral reef fishes. PLoS ONE |
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Giacomo Bernardi Ricardo Beldade Sally J Holbrook Russell J Schmitt |
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Full-sibs in cohorts of newly settled coral reef fishes. |
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Full-sibs in cohorts of newly settled coral reef fishes. |
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Full-sibs in cohorts of newly settled coral reef fishes. |
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Full-sibs in cohorts of newly settled coral reef fishes. |
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Full-sibs in cohorts of newly settled coral reef fishes. |
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full-sibs in cohorts of newly settled coral reef fishes. |
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1932-6203 |
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2012-01-01 |
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Reef fishes exhibit a bipartite life cycle where a benthic adult stage is preceded by a pelagic dispersal phase during which larvae are presumed to be mixed and transported by oceanic currents. Genetic analyses based on twelve microsatellite loci of 181 three-spot dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus) that settled concurrently on a small reef in French Polynesia revealed 11 groups of siblings (1 full sibs and 10 half-sibs). This is the first evidence that fish siblings can journey together throughout their entire planktonic dispersal phase (nearly a month long for three-spot dascyllus). Our findings have critical implications for the dynamics and genetic structure of fish populations, as well as for the design of marine protected areas and management of fisheries. |
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