The transcriptomic response to heat stress and bleaching in the Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata

ABSTRACT: The emergence of genomic tools for reef-building corals and symbiotic anemones comes at a time when alarming losses in coral cover are being observed worldwide. These tools hold great promise in elucidating novel and unforeseen cellular processes underlying the successful mutualism between corals and their algal endosymbionts (Symbiodinium spp.). Since thermal stress triggers a breakdown in the symbiosis (coral bleaching), measuring the transcriptomic response to thermal stress-induced bleaching offers an extraordinary view of the cellular processes specific to coral-algal symbioses. In the present study, we utilized a cDNA microarray containing 2,059 genes of the Caribbean Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata to identify genes differentially expressed upon thermal stress. Fragments from four se

ORGANISM(S): Acropora palmata

SUBMITTER: Michael DeSalvo 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-16151 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress