Zoe Meziere

Thermal adaptation in coral Stylophora pistillata is polygenic and largely population-specific across the Great Barrier Reef, yet range-wide models predict regional genotype-environment patterns and future maladaptation.

The paper examines thermal tolerance differences among cryptic coral taxa during a heatwave, finding that survival correlates with biological factors rather than environmental exposure.

This study shows that three-way admixture in corals leads to parallel genetic differentiation and adaptive introgression in specific regions of the Great Barrier Reef.