Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
ORCID
0000-0001-6597-0268
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
F1000Research
ISSN
2046-1402
Publication Date
9-2013
Abstract
Hybridization is often cited as a potential source of evolutionary novelty in the order Scleractinia. While hybrid embryos can be produced in vitro, it has been difficult to identify adult hybrids in the wild. Here, we tested the potential for hybridization between two closely related species in the family Fungiidae. We mixed approximately 5000 eggs of Ctenactis echinata with sperm from C. crassa. No hybrid embryos were produced. This observation adds to a growing body of evidence for pre-zygotic barriers to hybridization in corals and challenges the claim that hybridization is a major source of evolutionary novelty in the order.
DOI
10.12688/f1000research.2-193.v2
Volume
2
Issue
193
First Page
1
Last Page
6
Additional Comments
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies grant #: COE561432
NSUWorks Citation
Andrew H. Baird, Vivian R. Cumbo, Joana Figueiredo, and Saki Harii. 2013. A Pre-Zygotic Barrier to Hybridization in Two Con-Generic Species of Scleractinian Corals .F1000Research , (193) : 1 -6. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/422.
Comments
©2013 Baird AH et al.