BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS
AND GENETICS FOR THE COELENTERATA,
PARTICULARLY OCTOCORALLIA (1992 - 2002)

compiled and edited by

Catherine McFadden (Harvey Mudd College),

Gary Williams and Marie Airey (California Academy of Sciences)

 

Bastidas, C., J.A.H. Benzie, and K.E. Fabricius. 2002. Genetic differentiation among populations of the brooding soft coral Clavularia koellikeri on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, published online 3 July 2002.

Beagley, C.T., J.L. Macfarlane, G.A. Pont-Kingdon, R. Okimoto, N.A. Okada and D.R. Wolstenholme. 1995. Mitochondrial genomes of Anthozoa (Cnidaria). pp. 149-153 in Palmieri et al. (eds.), Progress in Cell Research, Vol. 5. Elsevier Science.

Beaton, M.J., A.J. Roger and T. Cavalier-Smith. 1998. Sequence analysis of the mitochondrial genome of Sarcophyton glaucum: conserved gene order among octocorals. Journal of Molecular Evolution 47: 697-708.

Bernston, E.A., S.C. France, and L.S. Mullineaux. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships within the Class Anthozoa (Phylum Cnidaria) based on nuclear 18S rDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13: 417-433.

Berntson, E.A., F.M. Bayer, A.G. McArthur and S.C. France. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships within the Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) based on nuclear 18S rRNA sequences. Marine Biology 138: 235-246.

Berntson, E.A. and S.C. France. 2001. Generating DNA sequence information from museum collections of octocoral specimens (Phylum Cnidaria: Class Anthozoa). Bulletin of the Biological society of Washington 10: 119-129.

Brazeau, D.A. and C.D. Harvell. 1994. Genetic structure of local populations and divergence between growth forms in a clonal invertebrate, the Caribbean octocoral Briareum asbestinum. Marine Biology 119: 53-60.

Bridge, D., C.W. Cunningham, B. Schierwater, R. DeSalle and L.W. Buss. 1992. Class-level relationships in the phylum Cnidaria: evidence from mitochondrial genome structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 89: 8750-873.

Bridge, D., C.W. Cunningham, R. DeSalle and L.W. Buss. 1995. Class-level relationships in the phylum Cnidaria: molecular and morphological evidence. Molecular Biology and Evolution 12: 679-689.

Chen, C.A., D.M. Odorico, M. ten Lohuis, J.E.N. Veron and D.J. Miller. 1995. Systematic relationships within the Anthozoa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) using the 5'-end of the 28S rDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 4: 176-183.

Chen, C.A., C.C. Wallace, J.-K Yu, and N.V. Wei. 2000. Strategies for amplification by polymerase chain reaction of the complete sequence of the gene encoding nuclear large subunit ribosomal RNA in corals. Marine Biotechnology 2: 558-570.

Chen, C.A., D.J. Miller, N.V. Wei, C.-F. Dai and H.-P. Yang. 2000. The ETS/IGS region in a lower animal, the seawhip, Junceella fragilis (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia):compactness, low variation and apparent conservation of a pre-rRNA processing signal with fungi. Zoological Studies 39: 138-143.

Chen, C.A. and J.-K. Yu. 2000. Universal primers for amplification of mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal RNA-encoding gene in scleractinian corals. Marine Biotechnology 2: 146-153.

Coffroth, M.A., H.R. Lasker, M.E. Diamond, J.A. Bruenn and E. Bermingham. 1992. DNA fingerprints of a gorgonian coral: a method for detecting clonal structure in a vegetative species. Marine Biology 114: 317-325.

Coffroth, M.A. and H.R. Lasker. 1998. Population structure of a clonal gorgonian coral: the interplay between clonal reproduction and disturbance. Evolution 52: 379-393.

Diekmann, O., R. Bak, W. Stam, J. Olsen. 2001. Molecular genetic evidence for probable reticulate speciation in the coral genus Madracis from a Caribbean fringing reef slope. Marine Biology 139(2): 221-233.

France, S.C., P.E. Rosel, J.E. Agenbroad, L.S. Mullineaux and T.D. Kocher. 1996. DNA sequence variation of mitochondrial large-subunit rRNA provides support for a two-subclass organization of the Anthozoa (Cnidaria). Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 5: 15-28.

France, S.C. and L.L. Hoover. 2001. Analysis of variation in mitochondrial DNA sequences (ND3, ND4L, MSH) among Octocorallia (=Alcyonaria) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Bulletin of the Biological society of Washington 10: 110-118.

Hori, H. and Y. Satow. 1991. Dead-end evolution of the Cnidaria as deduced from 5S ribosomal RNA sequences. Hydrobiologia 216/217: 505-508.

Lasker, H.R., K. Kim and M.A. Coffroth. 1996. Reproductive and genetic variation among Caribbean gorgonians: the differentiation of Plexaura kuna, new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 58: 277-288.

McFadden, C.S. 1997. Contributions of sexual and asexual reproduction to population structure in the clonal soft coral, Alcyonium rudyi. Evolution 51: 112-126.

McFadden, C.S., R.K. Grosberg, B.B. Cameron, D.P. Karlton, and D Secord. 1997. Genetic relationships within and between clonal and solitary forms of the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima revisited: evidence for the existence of two species. Marine Biology 128: 127-139.

McFadden, C.S. 1999. Genetic and taxonomic relationships among Northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of the soft coral Alcyonium coralloides. Marine Biology 133: 171-184.

McFadden, C.S. 2002. Contributions of sexual and asexual reproduction to population structure in the clonal soft coral, Alcyonium rudyi. Evolution 51: 112-126.

McFadden, C.S. and K.Y. Aydin. 1996. Spatial autocorrelation analysis of small-scale genetic structure in a clonal soft coral with limited larval dispersal. Marine Biology 126: 215-224.

McFadden, C.S., R. Donahue, B.K. Hadland and R. Weston. 2001. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of reproductive trait evolution in the soft coral genus Alcyonium. Evolution 55: 54-67.

Miles, A. and D.J. Miller. 1992. Genomes of diploblastic organisms contain hoeoboxes: sequence of eveC, an even-skipped homolog from the cnidarian Acropora formosa. Proceedings of the Royal Society (Series B) 248: 159-161.

Miller, D.J., H. Dodd, H. Berghammer, C.A. Chen & D.M. Odorico. 1997. What molecular data tell us about the evolution of the 'Coelenterata'. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Coelenterate Biology: 345-351.

Miller, D.J., P. Hjarrison, T. Mahoney, J.P. McMillan, A. Miles, D.M. Odorico, and M. ten Lohuis. 1993. Nucleotide sequence of the histone gene cluster in the coral Acorpora formosa (Cnidaria; Scleractinia): features of histone gene structure and organisation are common to diploblastic and triploblastic metazoans. Journal of Molecular Evolution 37: 245-253.

Moshe, T., J. Douek, I. Yankelevich, T.C.G. Bosch, B. Rinkeivich. 1999. Molecular characterization of the first heat shock protein 70 from a reef coral. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 262(1): 103-108.

Odorico, D.M. and D.J. Miller. 1997. Internal and external relationships of the Cnidaria: implications of primary and predicted secondary structure of the 5'-end of the 23S-like rDNA. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Ser. B 264: 77-82.

Pont-Kingdon, G.A., C.T. Beagley, R. Okimoto, and D.R. Wolstenholme. 1994. Mitochondrial DNA of the sea anemone Metridium senile (Cnidaria); prokaryote-like genes for tRNA and small subunit robosomal RNA, and standard genetic code specificities for AGR and ATA codons. Journal of Molecular Evolution 39: 387-399.

Pont-Kingdon, G., N.A. Okada, J.L. Macfarlane, C.T. Beagley, D.R. Wolstenholme, T. Cavalier-Smith and G.D. Clark-Walker. 1995. A coral mitochondrial mutS gene. Nature 375: 109-111.

Pont-Kingdon, G., N.A. Okada, J.L. Macfarlane, C.T. Beagley, C.D. Watkins-Sims, T. Cavalier-Smith, G.D. Clark-Walker and D.R. Wolstenholme. 1998. Mitochondrial DNA of the coral Sarcophyton glaucum contains a gene for a homologue of bacterial mutS: a possible case of gene transfer from the nucleus to the mitochondrion. Journal of Molecular Evolution 46: 419-431.

Pont-Kingdon, G., C.G. Vassort, R Warrior, R. Okimoto, C.T. Beagley, D.R. Wolstenholme. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA of Hydra attenuata (Cnidaria): a sequence that includes an end of one linear molecule and the genes for l-rRna, tRNA f-Met, tRNA Trp, COII, and ATPase8. Molecular Evolution 51: 404-415.

Schummer, M., I. Scheurlen, C. Schaller and B. Galliot. 1992. HOM/HOX homeobox genes are present in hydra (Chlorohydra viridissima) and are differently expressed during regeneration. EMBO J. 11: 1815-1823.

Shenk, M.A., H.R. Bode and R.E. Steele. 1993. Expression of Cnox-2, a HOM/HOX homeobox gene in hydra, is correlated with axial pattern formation. Development 117: 657-667.

Smith, C., C.A.Chen, H.P Yang, and D.J. Miller. 2002. A PCR-based method for assaying molecular variation in corals based on RFLP analysis of the ribosomal intergenic spacer region. Molecular Ecology 6: 683-685.

Song, J.-I., W. Kim, E.K. Kim and J. Kim. 1994. Molecular phylogeny of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria) based on the nucleotide sequences of 18S rRNA gene. Korean Journal of Zoology 37: 343-351.

Song, J.-I. and J.H. Won. 1997. Systematic relationship of the Anthozoan orders based on the partial nuclear 18S rDNA sequences. Korean Journal of Biological Science 1: 43-52.

Song, J.-I. and Y.-J. Lee. 2000. Systematic relationships among species of the genus Dendronephthya (Alcyonacea; Octocorallia; Anthozoa) based on RAPD analysis. Korean Journal of Biological Science 4: 1-7.

ten Lohuis, M.R. 1992. Characterization of cnidarian multigene families and their application to systematics. Ph.D. dissertation, James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia.

Won, J.H., B.J. Rho and J-.I. Song. 2001. A phylogenetic study of the Anthozoa (phylum Cnidaria) based on morphological and molecular characters. Coral Reefs 20: 39-50.