Abstract:

Ten microsatellite loci were investigated to determine finer-scale population genetic structure and reproductive characteristics in 2011 colonies of the black coral Leiopathes glaberrima. Coral samples were collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico between August 2009 and November 2010.

Suggested Citation:

Dannise Ruiz-Ramos, Iliana Baums. 2018. Population genetic analyses of Leiopathes glaberrima samples collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico between August 2009 and November 2010. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7QJ7F82

Publications:

Ruiz-Ramos, D. V., Saunders, M., Fisher, C. R., & Baums, I. B. (2015). Home Bodies and Wanderers: Sympatric Lineages of the Deep-Sea Black Coral Leiopathes glaberrima. PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0138989. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138989

Cardona, Y., Ruiz-Ramos, D. V., Baums, I. B., & Bracco, A. (2016). Potential Connectivity of Coldwater Black Coral Communities in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0156257. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156257

Purpose:

Determine fine-scale population genetic structure and reproductive characteristics for the coral Leiopathes glaberrima.

Data Parameters and Units:

Pop (population code), sample name, allele frequencies at ten microsatellite loci (BC_01, BC_05, BC_08, BC_11, BC_22, BC_43, BC_67, BC_19, BC_34, BC_36), Color = color morph of coral (unknown, pink, white, orange, red), latitude (decimal degrees), longitude (decimal degrees)

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