Specialization into Host Sea Anemones Impacted Clownfish Demographic Responses to Pleistocene Sea Level Changes
Alberto García Jiménez, Théo Gaboriau, Lucy M. Fitzgerald, Sara Heim, Anna Marcionetti, Sarah Schmid, Joris A. M. Bertrand, Glenn Litsios, Abigail Shaughnessy, Carl Santiago, Ploypallin Rangseethampanya, Phurinat Ruttanachuchote, Wiphawan Aunkhongthong, Sittiporn Pengsakun, Makamas Sutthacheep, , Nicolas Salamin
The paper examines how clownfish demographic responses to Pleistocene sea level changes are influenced by their host specialization, revealing resilience in generalists and bottlenecks in specialists.
bioRxiv · Jul 12, 2024 · PreprintGenomics