Hybridization as driving force for cryptic species diversity in the Caribbean coral genus Madracis

Abstract Species boundaries in scleractinian corals remain highly elusive due to conflicting patterns between morphological and molecular phylogenies, often caused by morphological plasticity, occurrence of cryptic species, incomplete lineage sorting or introgressive hybridization. Here, we use an i...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Pedro R. Frade, Jennifer A. Hoey, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, Kelly R. W. Latijnhouwers, Helena E. Silberhumer, Paul Muir, Pim Bongaerts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-09-01
Subjects:
Integrative systematics
RAD-seq
Coral taxonomy
Phylogenomics
Phylogenetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17038-6

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17038-6

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