GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Mosaic accumulation of somatic genetic variation and estimates of age in the long-lived reef-building coral Acropora palmata
Trinity L. Conn, Jessie Renton, Valérie F. Chamberland…·Iliana B. Baums
The paper quantifies somatic genetic variation in corals and estimates their age using mutation rates, finding no positive selection and a neutral framework for studying genetic diversity.