Journal article
Maternal effects in gene expression of interspecific coral hybrids
Wing Yan Chan, Jessica Chung, Lesa M Peplow, Ary A Hoffmann, Madeleine JH van Oppen
Molecular Ecology | WILEY | Published : 2020
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15727
Abstract
Maternal effects have been well documented for offspring morphology and life history traits in plants and terrestrial animals, yet little is known about maternal effects in corals. Further, few studies have explored maternal effects in gene expression. In a previous study, F1 interspecific hybrid and purebred larvae of the coral species Acropora tenuis and Acropora loripes were settled and exposed to ambient or elevated temperature and pCO2 conditions for 7 months. At this stage, the hybrid coral recruits from both ocean conditions exhibited strong maternal effects in several fitness traits. We conducted RNA-sequencing on these corals and showed that gene expression of the hybrid Acropora al..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
University of Melbourne; Australian Institute of Marine Science; Australian Research Council, Grant/Award Number: FL180100036; Paul G. Allen Family Foundation