Host genetics structure Symbiodiniaceae and prokaryotic assemblages and their co-variation in sympatric fire coral species
Chloé Pozas‐Schacre, Nicolas Derôme, Émilie Boissin, Alexandre Mercière, Gabrielle Martineau, Pierre-Luc Mercier, Chloé A.-F. Bourmaud, Caroline Dubé
The paper investigates how host genetics and environment shape symbiont communities in fire corals, finding host genetics have a stronger influence than environment on microbiome composition.
bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2026 · PreprintEcology