Publications by authors named "Sydney R Davis"
Article Synopsis
- The text discusses a highly studied soft coral known for producing a variety of natural products, specifically cembrane diterpenoids, which have been observed to have inconsistent chemical compositions over 50 years.
- Recent research has found that this coral is not just one species, but a complex of at least seven genetically distinct species that are hard to differentiate with traditional methods.
- The study involved collecting samples from Palau and performing both molecular and chemical analyses, revealing that the previously observed chemical variation might be due to differences between these cryptic species rather than within a single species.
