C. S. McFadden

Phylogenomics reveals coincident divergence between giant host sea anemones and the clownfish adaptive radiation.

This paper uses phylogenomic analysis to show that clownfish-hosting sea anemones diversified coincidently with clownfishes, supporting co-evolutionary patterns in their mutualistic relationship.

Nuclear eDNA Metabarcoding Primers for Anthozoan Coral Biodiversity Assessment

The paper designs and tests new PCR primers for eDNA metabarcoding to assess anthozoan coral biodiversity, showing high enrichment and accurate genus-level identification.

Skimming genomes for systematics and DNA barcodes of corals

This paper uses genome skimming to extract phylogenetically informative loci from coral samples, resolving phylogenetic relationships and supporting taxonomic revisions.

Extreme mito-nuclear discordance within Anthozoa, with notes on unique properties of their mitochondrial genomes

The paper examines mitochondrial-nuclear discordance in Anthozoa using a large dataset, finding discordance due to hybridization and selection, and notes unique mitochondrial genome features.

New approaches to species delimitation and population structure of corals: two case studies using ultraconserved elements and exons

This paper uses target enrichment of ultraconserved elements and exons to delimit coral species and population structure in two genera, showing congruence with previous studies.

A next generation approach to species delimitation reveals the role of hybridization in a cryptic species complex of corals

The paper uses genomic methods to identify species boundaries and detect hybridization in corals, finding that hybridization may complicate species delimitation in Sinularia.