ArticleScience advances2018
Epigenome-associated phenotypic acclimatization to ocean acidification in a reef-building coral.
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- Phenotypic plasticity for improved light harvesting, in tandem with methylome repatterning in reef-building corals.Molecular ecology · 2024Article
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14 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
There are increasing concerns that the current rate of climate change might outpace the ability of reef-building corals to adapt to future conditions. Work on model systems has shown that environmentally induced alterations in DNA methylation can lead to phenotypic acclimatization. While DNA methylation has been reported in corals and is thought to associate with phenotypic plasticity, potential mechanisms linked to changes in whole-genome methylation have yet to be elucidated. We show that DNA methylation significantly reduces spurious transcription in the coral
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