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© 2023 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Global environmental change is happening at unprecedented rates. Coral reefs are among the ecosystems most threatened by global change. For wild populations to persist, they must adapt. Knowledge shortfalls about corals' complex ecological and evolutionary dynamics, however, stymie predictions about potential adaptation to future conditions. Here, we review adaptation through the lens of quantitative genetics. We argue that coral adaptation studies can benefit greatly from “wild” quantitative genetic methods, where traits are studied in wild populations undergoing natural selection, genomic relationship matrices can replace breeding experiments, and analyses can be extended to examine genetic constraints among traits. In addition, individuals with advantageous genotypes for anticipated future conditions can be identified. Finally, genomic genotyping supports simultaneous consideration of how genetic diversity is arrayed across geographic and environmental distances, providing greater context for predictions of phenotypic evolution at a metapopulation scale.
Author(s): Richards TJ, McGuigan K, Aguirre JD, Humanes A, Bozec Y-M, Mumby PJ, Riginos C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Global Change Biology
Year: 2023
Volume: 298
Issue: 14
Pages: 3869-3882
Print publication date: 01/07/2023
Online publication date: 14/04/2023
Acceptance date: 04/04/2023
Date deposited: 22/05/2023
ISSN (print): 1354-1013
ISSN (electronic): 1365-2486
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16719
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16719
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