ABSTRACT: DNA and RNA viral metagenomes from Acropora tenius, Pocillopora verrucosa, Galaxea fascicularis, Fungia fungites, and Goniastrea aspera corals.
Project description:In this report, we identified the protein components in the fertile red eggs and spermatozoa in hermatypic coral Galaxea fascicularis
Project description:This experiment assessed the natural gene expression variation present between colonies of the Indo-Pacific reef-building coral Acropora millepora, and additionally explored whether gene expression differed between two different intron haplotypes according to intron 4-500 in a carbonic anhydrase homolog. This study found no correspondence between host genotype and transcriptional state, but found significant intercolony variation, detecting 488 representing unique genes or 17% of the total genes analyzed. Such transcriptomic variation could be the basis upon which natural selection can act. Underlying variation could potentially allow reef corals to respond to different environments. Whether this source of variation and the genetic responses of corals and its symbionts will allow coral reefs to cope to the rapid pace of global change remains unknown.
