{"id":929,"date":"2020-11-13T10:31:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/davieslab\/?page_id=929"},"modified":"2021-09-09T15:47:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:47:41","slug":"coral-and-symbiont-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/davieslab\/research\/coral-and-symbiont-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Coral and Symbiont Diversity & Connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Davies lab is interested in the population genetic patterns of corals and their algal symbionts and how do these patterns interact to constrain or accelerate evolution. In this realm, we have done extensive work to characterize dispersal potential of corals and their symbionts across reefs using population genetics\/genomics and biophysical modeling. <\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Davies recently led an NSF-funded workshop titled “Building consensus around the quantification and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity” with co-PI’s Dr. John Parkinson<\/a> and Dr. Adrienne Correa<\/a>. We gathered >75 Symbiodiniaceae researchers together virtually to work together to address some of the challenges our commmunity has faced with respect to quantifying and interpreting Symbiodiniaceae genetic data. All information from the workshop can be found here.<\/a>
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\nWe have demonstrated repeatedly that corals exhibit long-range dispersal, both in Acropora<\/em> species in Micronesia and Orbicella faveolata<\/em> in the Caribbean.
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