Nicolas S. Locatelli

The paper assesses genetic diversity and relatedness in sexually produced coral offspring to inform restoration strategies.

The paper updates the population genomic analysis of Acropora palmata, identifying nine genetic clusters and highlighting the role of ocean currents in gene flow.

The paper characterizes the microbiome of pillar coral Dendrogyra cylindrus in Belize and Curacao, revealing regional differences and novel bacterial taxa.

The paper uses simulations to assess risks and benefits of hybridization in Caribbean coral restoration, finding low genetic swamping risk and limited adaptive introgression potential.

The paper presents the first genome assemblies for three Caribbean reef-building corals and explores genomic novelties, finding abundant gene duplications and a large genome size in Siderastrea siderea.

The paper investigates heat-induced alternative splicing changes in the coral Acropora cervicornis under different thermal stress conditions and finds that 40% of genes undergo alternative splicing, with intron retention dominating responses.