Whole transcriptome analysis reveals changes in expression of immune-related genes during and after bleaching in a reef-building coral

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Pinzón, Jorge H ^a   Kamel, Bishoy ^b   Burge, Colleen A ^c   Harvell, C Drew ^d   Medina, Mónica ^b   Weil, Ernesto ^e   Mydlarz, Laura D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coral bleaching; Immune system; Symbiosis dissociation; Thermal stress; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944614836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140214     Document Type: Article

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