@article{fdi:010044101,
  title = {{M}itochondrial sequences of {S}eriatopora corals show little agreement with morphology and reveal the duplication of a t{RNA} gene near the control region},
  author = {{F}lot, {J}. {F}. and {L}icuanan, {W}. {Y}. and {N}akano, {Y}. and {P}ayri, {C}laude and {C}ruaud, {C}. and {T}illier, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he taxonomy of corals of the genus {S}eriatopora has not previously been studied using molecular sequence markers. {A}s a first step toward a re-evaluation of species boundaries in this genus, mitochondrial sequence variability was analyzed in 51 samples collected from {O}kinawa, {N}ew {C}aledonia, and the {P}hilippines. {F}our clusters of sequences were detected that showed little concordance with species currently recognized on a morphological basis. {T}he most likely explanation is that the skeletal characters used for species identification are highly variable (polymorphic or phenotypically plastic); alternative explanations include introgression/hybridization, or deep coalescence and the retention of ancestral mitochondrial polymorphisms. {I}n all individuals sequenced, two copies of trn{W} were found on either side of the atp8 gene near the putative {D}-loop, a novel mitochondrial gene arrangement that may have arisen from a duplication of the trn{W}-atp8 region followed by a deletion of one atp8.},
  keywords = {{C}nidaria ; {S}cleractinia ; {T}axonomy ; {S}ystematics ; {M}itochondrial genome},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}oral {R}eefs},
  volume = {27},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {789--794},
  ISSN = {0722-4028},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1007/s00338-008-0407-2},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010044101},
}