cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
type: software
authors:
  - family-names: Römer
    given-names: Johann
    affiliation: "MOR Research Collective"
title: "assisted-gene-flow-utac"
version: "1.0.0"
date-released: "2026-09-01"
url: "https://github.com/GenesisAeon/assisted-gene-flow-utac"
repository-code: "https://github.com/GenesisAeon/assisted-gene-flow-utac"
license: MIT
abstract: "Real assisted gene flow / coral selective-breeding science: regulatory reform enabling proactive AGF for Caribbean elkhorn coral (Baker et al. 2025, Science, DOI 10.1126/science.adx5842) and real, measured larval heat-tolerance gains up to 2.2-fold (Lago et al. 2025, Proc. R. Soc. B, DOI 10.1098/rspb.2025.1817). Honesty check: the same study finds adult response variable -- whether juvenile gains persist to reproductive adulthood is a genuinely open question. Deliberately corrects an initial outbreeding-depression framing (low risk for corals specifically). Deliberately no UTAC/CREP/AFET bridge -- see DISCLAIMER.md. GenesisAeon P125."
keywords:
  - GenesisAeon
  - P125
  - climate
  - coral
  - assisted gene flow
  - conservation genetics
  - open-science
references:
  - type: article
    title: "Proactive assisted gene flow for Caribbean corals in an era of rapid coral reef decline"
    authors:
      - name: "Baker, A.C."
    year: 2025
    journal: "Science"
    volume: 389
    doi: "10.1126/science.adx5842"
  - type: article
    title: "Selective breeding enhances coral heat tolerance even over small spatial scales"
    authors:
      - name: "Lago, A.K."
      - name: "Kiefer, K."
      - name: "Strader, M.E."
    year: 2025
    journal: "Proceedings of the Royal Society B"
    volume: 292
    issue: 2056
    doi: "10.1098/rspb.2025.1817"
  - type: article
    title: "Ecological genomics meets community-level modelling of biodiversity: mapping the genomic landscape of current and future environmental adaptation"
    authors:
      - name: "Fitzpatrick, M.C."
      - name: "Keller, S.R."
    year: 2015
    journal: "Ecology Letters"
    volume: 18
    issue: 1
    doi: "10.1111/ele.12376"