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A DRACH Observed/Expected Metric Reveals the Evolutionary Landscape of Epitranscriptomic Regulation Across Bilateria [PDF]

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1564, Issue 1, October 2026.
Epitranscriptomic marks are highly variable across life stages and tissues, complicating comparisons between species. Using m6A consensus motifs, we developed a genomic indicator reflecting transcript methylability, the DRACH o/e score, that we used to investigate epitranscriptomic features and associated functions across nine bilaterian species.
Natacha Clairet, Jérémy Le Luyer, Hélène Auger, Maximilian Haeussler, Guillaume Rivière   +4 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Integrating fossil data in ecological niche models to improve predictions of future habitat of Caribbean corals [PDF]

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract Ecological niche models (ENMs) are used to assess the abiotic preferences of species by linking their occurrences to the environmental conditions in which they live. We developed a fossil‐informed ENM framework that integrates mid‐Holocene and modern occurrences to test niche stability and reconstruct abiotic niche characteristics for four ...
Claire. M. Williams, Fernando Machado‐Stredel, Rowan C. Martindale, Corinne E. Myers   +3 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Bleaching causes loss of disease resistance within the threatened coral species Acropora cervicornis

eLife, 2018
Determining the adaptive potential of foundation species, such as reef-building corals, is urgent as the oceans warm and coral populations decline. Theory predicts that corals may adapt to climate change via selection on standing genetic variation.
E. Muller, E. Bartels, I. Baums
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cladocopium community divergence in two Acropora coral hosts across multiple spatial scales

Molecular Ecology, 2020
Many broadly‐dispersing corals acquire their algal symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae) “horizontally” from their environment upon recruitment. Horizontal transmission could promote coral fitness across diverse environments provided that corals can associate with
S. W. Davies, Kelsey N. Moreland, Drew C. Wham, Matt Kanke, M. Matz   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluating the protection status and exposure to warming of Caribbean reefs with high functional potential

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract Over the past decades, climate change has emerged as a major threat to global biodiversity, negatively affecting the integrity and functioning of ecosystems and the benefits they provide to people. To mitigate these impacts, it is essential to identify climate refugia that support the persistence of the structure and function of reef ...
Sara M. Melo‐Merino, Andrés Lira‐Noriega, Enrique Martínez‐Meyer, Héctor Reyes‐Bonilla, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Annotated checklist for stony corals of American Sāmoa with reference to mesophotic depth records [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2019
An annotated checklist of the stony corals (Scleractinia, Milleporidae, Stylasteridae, and Helioporidae) of American Sāmoa is presented. A total of 377 valid species has been reported from American Sāmoa with 342 species considered either present (251 ...
Anthony D. Montgomery, Douglas Fenner, Robert J. Toonen   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Color morphs of the coral, Acropora tenuis, show different responses to environmental stress and different expression profiles of fluorescent-protein genes

bioRxiv, 2020
Corals of the family Acroporidae are key structural components of reefs that support the most diverse marine ecosystems. Due to increasing anthropogenic stresses, coral reefs are in decline. Along the coast of Okinawa, Japan, three different color morphs
N. Satoh, K. Kinjo, K. Shintaku, Daisuke Kezuka, Hiroo Ishimori, A. Yokokura, Kazutaka Hagiwara, K. Hisata, Mayumi Kawamitsu, Koji Koizumi, Chuya Shinzato, Yuna Zayasu   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The potential role of temperate Japanese regions as refugia for the coral Acropora hyacinthus in the face of climate change

Scientific Reports, 2019
As corals in tropical regions are threatened by increasing water temperatures, poleward range expansion of reef-building corals has been observed, and temperate regions are expected to serve as refugia in the face of climate change.
Aki Nakabayashi, Takehisa Yamakita, Takashi Nakamura, Hiroaki Aizawa, Yuko F. Kitano, A. Iguchi, H. Yamano, S. Nagai, S. Agostini, Kosuke M. Teshima, N. Yasuda   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mosaic Accumulation of Somatic Genetic Variation and Estimates of Age in the Long‐Lived Reef‐Building Coral Acropora palmata

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 19, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Somatic genetic variation (SoGV) accumulates during an organism's lifetime and is traditionally viewed as detrimental rather than adaptive due to links with cancer and senescence. However, in modular organisms like corals, deleterious mutations can be purged at the cellular or polyp level, while adaptive mutations may rise in frequency as ...
Trinity Conn, Jessie Renton, Valerie F. Chamberland, Zoe Dellaert, Thorsten B. H. Reusch, Benjamin Werner, Iliana B. Baums   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Inoculation of Coral Recruits With Marine Bacteria Indicates Scope for Microbiome Manipulation in Acropora tenuis and Platygyra daedalea

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Coral-associated microorganisms are essential for maintaining the health of the coral holobiont by participating in nutrient cycling and protecting the coral host from pathogens.
K. Damjanovic, M. J. H. van Oppen, Patricia Menéndez, L. Blackall   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source