RNA-Seq of the Caribbean reef-building coral Orbicella faveolata (Scleractinia-Merulinidae) under bleaching and disease stress expands models of coral innate immunity [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Climate change-driven coral disease outbreaks have led to widespread declines in coral populations. Early work on coral genomics established that corals have a complex innate immune system, and whole-transcriptome gene expression studies have revealed ...
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Annotated genome and transcriptome of the endangered Caribbean mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata) using PacBio long-read sequencing [PDF]
BMC GenomicsLong-read sequencing is revolutionizing de-novo genome assemblies, with continued advancements making it more readily available for previously understudied, non-model organisms.
Benjamin D. Young +11 more
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Population structure and connectivity of the mountainous star coral, Orbicella faveolata, throughout the wider Caribbean region [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2017 As coral reefs continue to decline worldwide, it becomes ever more necessary to understand the connectivity between coral populations to develop efficient management strategies facilitating survival and adaptation of coral reefs in the future.
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Natural Variability in Caribbean Coral Physiology and Implications for Coral Bleaching Resilience [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Coral reefs are among the most diverse and complex ecosystems in the world that provide important ecological and economical services. Increases in sea surface temperature linked to global climate change threatens these ecosystems by inducing coral ...
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Speciation across depth gradients in reef corals [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsEcological speciation through adaptation to different habitats can readily occur without strong geographic isolation when the same traits underlie both ecological divergence and reproductive isolation.
Matías Gómez-Corrales +6 more
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceStony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has spread throughout the entirety of Florida’s Coral Reef (FCR) and across the Caribbean, impacting at least 30 coral species.
Allison M. Klein +5 more
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Genotype and symbiont composition rather than environment influence susceptibility to stony coral tissue loss disease in coral restoration broodstock [PDF]
Scientific ReportsOver the last several decades, Florida’s Coral Reef has been impacted by global and local stressors causing significant declines in living coral with no signs of natural recovery.
Katherine R. Eaton +4 more
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Development of an integrated genomic map for a threatened Caribbean coral ( Orbicella faveolata ) [PDF]
Coral Reefs, 2017 ABSTRACT Genomic methods are powerful tools for studying evolutionary responses to selection, but the application of these tools in non-model systems threatened by climate change has been limited by the availability of genomic resources in those systems. High-throughput DNA sequencing has enabled development of genome
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Sponge-derived matter is assimilated by coral holobionts [PDF]
Communications BiologyCoral reef biodiversity is maintained by a complex network of nutrient recycling among organisms. Sponges assimilate nutrients produced by other organisms like coral and algae, releasing them as particulate and dissolved matter, but to date, only a ...
Alicia M. Reigel +5 more
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Population structure and connectivity of the mountainous star coral, Orbicella faveolata, throughout the wider Caribbean region. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2017 AbstractAs coral reefs continue to decline worldwide, it becomes ever more necessary to understand the connectivity between coral populations to develop efficient management strategies facilitating survival and adaptation of coral reefs in the future.
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