2024
Invasion genomics of lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea
Bernardi G, Azzurro E, Bariche M, Jimenez C, Kalogirou S, Kleitou P. Invasion genomics of lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea. Ecology And Evolution 2024, 14: e11087. PMID: 38450316, PMCID: PMC10915480, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLionfish invasionEvidence of population structureMediterranean SeaEffects of lionfishRate of biological invasionsRed SeaInvasion genomicsInvasion successGenetic diversityGenomic approachesPopulation structureInvasive rangeGenomic markersBiological invasionsEvolutionary patternsFuture invasionsLionfishFish speciesPopulation dynamicsCaribbean SeaSuez CanalCentral MediterraneanMediterraneanInvasionSea
2023
Establishment genomics of the Indo-Pacific damselfish Neopomacentrus cyanomos, in the Greater Caribbean
Bernardi G, Cohn F, Dominguez-Dominguez O, Kingon K, Tornabene L, Robertson D. Establishment genomics of the Indo-Pacific damselfish Neopomacentrus cyanomos, in the Greater Caribbean. Biological Invasions 2023, 26: 1017-1031. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-023-03226-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-native speciesNon-native populationsGreater CaribbeanReef fishesNative rangeNatural selectionTrinidad populationIndo-Pacific reef fishMitochondrial DNA lineagesProtein coding genesSeparate genetic clustersDNA lineagesGenetic differentiationCoding genesAtlantic individualsRocky reefsGenetic clustersGenetic diversityEstablishment successRAD sequencesPopulation structureIsolated populationCoral reefsAdaptable speciesNearby reefs