Rachel June Ravago-Gotanco, Ph.D. – Professor

Contact:
rrgotanco@msi.upd.edu.ph

Education:
Ph.D. Marine Science, University of Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Research Interests:
Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Population Genetics, Phylogeography

Selected Publications:

• Lal, M.M., Macahig, D.A., Juinio-Meñez, M.A., Altamirano, J.P., Noran-Baylon, R., Villamor, J.L., Gacura, J.R.L., Uy, W.H., Mira-Honghong, H., Southgate, P.C., & Ravago-Gotanco, R. (04 June 2024). Complex patterns of genetic structure in the sea cucumber Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra from the Philippines: Implications for aquaculture and fishery management. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1396016. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1396016
• Lizano, A.M.D., Kim, K.M., Juinio-Meñez, M.A., & Ravago-Gotanco, R. (28 February 2024). Pseudocryptic diversity and species boundaries in the sea cucumber Stichopus cf. horrens (Echinodermata: Stichopodidae) revealed by mitochondrial and microsatellite markers. Scientific Reports, 14, 4886. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54987-w
• Ordoñez, J.F., & Ravago-Gotanco, R. (30 January 2024). Transcriptome-derived SNP markers for population assignment of sandfish, Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra. Aquaculture, 579, 740261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.740261
• Ferrera, C.M., San Diego-McGlone, M.L., Santos, M.M., Foronda, J.B., Santiago, J.A., Lagman M.C., Lagumen, M.C., & Gotanco, R.J.R. (2022). Guidebook on coral reef associated organisms collected from Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) in the Philippines: A tool for capacity building in monitoring biodiversity at selected reef sites in the Philippines (Volume 1, 221 pp.)
• Labrador, K., Palermo, J.D., Agmata, A., Ravago-Gotanco, R., & Pante, M.J. (24 February 2022). Restriction site-associated DNA sequencing reveals local adaptation despite high levels of gene flow in Sardinella lemuru (Bleeker, 1853) along the northern coast of Mindanao, Philippines. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 766936. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.766936
• Yasuda, N., Inoue, J., Hall, M.R., Nair, M.R., Adjeroud, M., Fortes, M.D., Nishida, M., Tuivavalagi, M., Ravago-Gotanco, R., Forsman, Z.H., Soliman, T., Koyanagi, R., Hisata, K., Motti, C.A., & Satoh, N. (27 April 2022). Two hidden mtDNA-clades of crown-of-thorns starfish in the Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 831240. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.831240
• Labrador, K., Agmata, A., Palermo, J.D., Ravago-Gotanco, R., & Pante, M.J. (January 2021). Mitochondrial DNA reveals genetically structured haplogroups of Bali sardinella (Sardinella lemuru) in Philippine waters. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 41(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101588
• Lal, M.M., Macahig, D.A.S., Brown, K.T., Juinio-Meñez, M.A., Southgate, P.C., & Ravago-Gotanco, R. (October 2021). Preliminary population genomic study on the sandfish Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra. Animal Genetics, 52(5), 775-776. https://doi.org/10.1111/age.13116
• Mendiola, M.J.R., & Ravago-Gotanco, R. (June 2021). Genetic differentiation and signatures of local adaptation revealed by RADseq for a highly dispersive mud crab Scylla olivacea (Herbst, 1796) in the Sulu Sea. Ecology and Evolution, 11(12), 7951-7969. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7625
• Ordoñez, J.F.F., Galindez, G.G.S.T., Gulay, K.T., & Ravago-Gotanco, R. (December 2021). Transcriptome analysis of growth variation in early juvenile stage sandfish Holothuria scabra. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D – Genomics and Proteomics, 40(1), 100904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2021.100904
• Tañedo, M.C.S., Villanueva, R.D., Torres, A.F., Ravago-Gotanco, R., & San Diego-McGlone, M.L. (09 September 2021). Individual and interactive effects of ocean warming and acidification on adult Favites colemani. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 704487. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.704487
• Torres, A.F., Valino, D.A.M., & Ravago-Gotanco, R. (20 October 2021). Zooxanthellae diversity and coral-symbiont associations in the Philippine archipelago: Specificity and adaptability across thermal gradients. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 731023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.731023
• Torres, A.F., Forsman, Z.H., & Ravago-Gotanco, R. (14 October 2020). Shifts in coral clonality along a gradient of disturbance: Insights on reproduction and dispersal of Pocillopora acuta. Marine Biology, 167, 161(2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03777-9
• Ravago-Gotanco R, Kim KM (2019) Regional genetic structure of sandfish Holuthuria (Metriatyla) scabra populations across the Philippine archipelago. Fish. Res. 209:143-155.
• Torres AF, Ravago-Gotanco R (2018) Rarity of the “common” coral Pocillopora damicornis in the western Philippine archipelago. Coral Reefs.
• Ravago-Gotanco R, de la Cruz TL, Pante MJR, Borsa P (2018) Cryptic genetic diversity in the mottled rabbitfish Siganus fuscescens with mitochondrial introgression at a contact zone in the South China Sea. ​PLoS ONE 13(2): e0193220.
• Ravago-Gotanco R, Juinio-Meñez MA (2010) Phylogeography of the mottled spinefoot Siganus fuscescens: Pleistocene divergence and limtied genetic connectivity across the Philippine archipelago. Molecular Ecology 19: 4520-4534.
• Ravago-Gotanco R, Manglicmot MT, Pante MJR (2010) Multiplex PCR and RFLP approaches for identification of rabbitfish (Siganus) species using mitochondrial gene regions. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 741-743.
• Ravago-Gotanco R, Lumibao CY, Pante MJR (2010) Isolation and characterization of thirteen microsatellite markers for the rabbitfish, Siganus fuscescens. Conservation Genetics Resources 2: 225-227.
• Ravago-Gotanco R, Magsino RM, Juinio-Meñez MA (2007) Influence of the North Equatorial Current on the population genetic structure of Tridacna crocea (Mollusca: Tridacnidae) along the eastern Philippine coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series 336: 161-168.
• Ravago-Gotanco R, Juinio-Meñez MA (2004) Population genetic structure of the milkfish, Chanos chanos, based on PCR-RFLP analysis of the mitochondrial control region. Marine Biology 145: 789-801.
• Ravago-Gotanco R, Juinio-Meñez MA (2003) Phylogenetic position of the striped-legged forms of Panulirus longipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) (Decapoda, Palinuridae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Crustaceana 75: 1047-1059.
• Juinio-Meñez MA, Magsino RM, Ravago-Gotanco R, Yu ET (2003) Genetic structure of Linckia laevigata and Tridacna crocea populations in the Palawan shelf and shoal reefs. Marine Biology 142: 717-726.