Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Virus–host interactions and their roles in coral reef health and disease

(2017) Rebecca Vega Thurber et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Transgenerational transmission of environmental information in C. elegans

(2017) Adam Klosin et al.   SCIENCE

Bacterial community dynamics are linked to patterns of coral heat tolerance

(2017) Maren Ziegler et al.   Nature Communications

Microbial community composition of deep-sea corals from the Red Sea provides insight into functional adaption to a unique environment

(2017) Till Röthig et al.   Scientific Reports

Insights into the Coral Microbiome: Underpinning the Health and Resilience of Reef Ecosystems

(2016) David G. Bourne et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Trans-generational specificity within a cnidarian–algal symbiosis

(2016) D. M. Poland et al.   CORAL REEFS

Robust DNA Methylation in the Clonal Raider Ant Brain

(2016) Romain Libbrecht et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanisms, timescales and principles of trans-generational epigenetic inheritance in animals

(2016) Adam Klosin et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Ocean acidification influences host DNA methylation and phenotypic plasticity in environmentally susceptible corals

(2016) Hollie M. Putnam et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Host adaptation and unexpected symbiont partners enable reef-building corals to tolerate extreme temperatures

(2016) Emily J. Howells et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Differential specificity between closely related corals and abundant Endozoicomonas endosymbionts across global scales

(2016) Matthew J Neave et al.   ISME Journal

Exploring the Symbiodinium rare biosphere provides evidence for symbiont switching in reef-building corals

(2016) Nadine M Boulotte et al.   ISME Journal

Evidence for a role of viruses in the thermal sensitivity of coral photosymbionts

(2016) Rachel Ashley Levin et al.   ISME Journal

Can multi-generational exposure to ocean warming and acidification lead to the adaptation of life history and physiology in a marine metazoan?

(2016) Emma M. Gibbin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Epigenomics in marine fishes

(2016) David C.H. Metzger et al.   Marine Genomics

Coral microbial community dynamics in response to anthropogenic impacts near a major city in the central Red Sea

(2016) Maren Ziegler et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Most Low-Abundance “Background” Symbiodinium spp. Are Transitory and Have Minimal Functional Significance for Symbiotic Corals

(2016) Moo Joon Lee et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Evolutionary Consequences of DNA Methylation in a Basal Metazoan

(2016) Groves B. Dixon et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Rapid transcriptional acclimation following transgenerational exposure of oysters to ocean acidification

(2016) Priscila Goncalves et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

How old are you? Genet age estimates in a clonal animal

(2016) M. K. Devlin-Durante et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Germline DNA methylation in reef corals: patterns and potential roles in response to environmental change

(2016) James L. Dimond et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Reversal of ocean acidification enhances net coral reef calcification

(2016) Rebecca Albright et al.   NATURE

Ancestral genetic diversity associated with the rapid spread of stress-tolerant coral symbionts in response to Holocene climate change

(2016) Benjamin C. C. Hume et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionary origins of germline segregation in Metazoa: evidence for a germ stem cell lineage in the coralOrbicella faveolata(Cnidaria, Anthozoa)

(2016) Sarah Barfield et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptation to Global Change: A Transposable Element–Epigenetics Perspective

(2016) Olivier Rey et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

How Our Other Genome Controls Our Epi-Genome

(2016) Antonella Celluzzi et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Microbial Signature Provides Insight into the Mechanistic Basis of Coral Success across Reef Habitats

(2016) Alejandra Hernandez-Agreda et al.   mBio

Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts

(2016) Angela E. Douglas et al.   mBio

Limited Contribution of DNA Methylation Variation to Expression Regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Dazhe Meng et al.   PLoS Genetics

Maternal effects andSymbiodiniumcommunity composition drive differential patterns in juvenile survival in the coralAcropora tenuis

(2016) Kate M. Quigley et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Recovery from bleaching is mediated by threshold densities of background thermo-tolerant symbiont types in a reef-building coral

(2016) Line K. Bay et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes

(2016) Kevin R. Theis et al.   mSystems

Gene expression plasticity as a mechanism of coral adaptation to a variable environment

(2016) Carly D. Kenkel et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Coral symbioses under prolonged environmental change: living near tolerance range limits

(2016) Eugenia M. Sampayo et al.   Scientific Reports

Symbiodinium necroappetenssp. nov. (Dinophyceae): an opportunist ‘zooxanthella’ found in bleached and diseased tissues of Caribbean reef corals

(2015) Todd C. LaJeunesse et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts

(2015) Tracy D Ainsworth et al.   ISME Journal

Preconditioning in the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis and the potential for trans-generational acclimatization in coral larvae under future climate change conditions

(2015) H. M. Putnam et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Rapid acclimation of juvenile corals to CO2-mediated acidification by upregulation of heat shock protein and Bcl-2 genes

(2015) A. Moya et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Epigenetic mutations can both help and hinder adaptive evolution

(2015) Ilkka Kronholm et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Non-adaptive plasticity potentiates rapid adaptive evolution of gene expression in nature

(2015) Cameron K. Ghalambor et al.   NATURE

RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of gene expression

(2015) Daniel Holoch et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Genomic determinants of coral heat tolerance across latitudes

(2015) G. B. Dixon et al.   SCIENCE

Genetic rescue to the rescue

(2015) Andrew R. Whiteley et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Molecular processes of transgenerational acclimation to a warming ocean

(2015) Heather D. Veilleux et al.   Nature Climate Change

Adaptive parental effects: the importance of estimating environmental predictability and offspring fitness appropriately

(2014) Scott C. Burgess et al.   OIKOS

Deep-Sequencing Method for Quantifying Background Abundances of Symbiodinium Types: Exploring the Rare Symbiodinium Biosphere in Reef-Building Corals

(2014) Kate M. Quigley et al.   PLoS One

Notes on the role of dynamic DNA methylation in mammalian development

(2014) Timothy H. Bestor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Can environmental conditions experienced in early life influence future generations?

(2014) T. Burton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mechanisms of reef coral resistance to future climate change

(2014) S. R. Palumbi et al.   SCIENCE

Transfer of intracolonial genetic variability through gametes in Acropora hyacinthus corals

(2013) M. Schweinsberg et al.   CORAL REEFS

Predicting evolutionary responses to climate change in the sea

(2013) Philip L. Munday et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Climate change in the oceans: evolutionary versus phenotypically plastic responses of marine animals and plants

(2013) Thorsten B. H. Reusch   Evolutionary Applications

Potential role of viruses in white plague coral disease

(2013) Nitzan Soffer et al.   ISME Journal

Programmed Heterogeneity: Epigenetic Mechanisms in Bacteria

(2013) Josep Casadesús et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Nature's inordinate fondness for metabolic enzymes: why metabolic enzyme loci are so frequently targets of selection

(2013) James H. Marden   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

DMSP biosynthesis by an animal and its role in coral thermal stress response

(2013) Jean-Baptiste Raina et al.   NATURE

Genome dynamics during experimental evolution

(2013) Jeffrey E. Barrick et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Epigenetics: Core misconcept

(2013) M. Ptashne   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

(2013) Margaret McFall-Ngai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ecological effects of ocean acidification and habitat complexity on reef-associated macroinvertebrate communities

(2013) K. E. Fabricius et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Population genomics of rapid adaptation by soft selective sweeps

(2013) Philipp W. Messer et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The importance of structural complexity in coral reef ecosystems

(2012) N. A. J. Graham et al.   CORAL REEFS

The Evolution of Invertebrate Gene Body Methylation

(2012) S. Sarda et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

HVEM signalling at mucosal barriers provides host defence against pathogenic bacteria

(2012) Jr-Wen Shui et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary rescue and the limits of adaptation

(2012) G. Bell   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

From Parent to Gamete: Vertical Transmission of Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) ITS2 Sequence Assemblages in the Reef Building Coral Montipora capitata

(2012) Jacqueline L. Padilla-Gamiño et al.   PLoS One

Transgenerational defense induction and epigenetic inheritance in plants

(2012) Liza M. Holeski et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Adult exposure influences offspring response to ocean acidification in oysters

(2011) Laura M. Parker et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Diversity and dynamics of bacterial communities in early life stages of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides

(2011) Koty H Sharp et al.   ISME Journal

The good viruses: viral mutualistic symbioses

(2011) Marilyn J. Roossinck   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Projecting Coral Reef Futures Under Global Warming and Ocean Acidification

(2011) J. M. Pandolfi et al.   SCIENCE

Coral thermal tolerance shaped by local adaptation of photosymbionts

(2011) E. J. Howells et al.   Nature Climate Change

Rapid transgenerational acclimation of a tropical reef fish to climate change

(2011) J. M. Donelson et al.   Nature Climate Change

Adaptive Transgenerational Plasticity in Plants: Case Studies, Mechanisms, and Implications for Natural Populations

(2011) Jacob J. Herman et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: More questions than answers

(2010) L. Daxinger et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Histone modification levels are predictive for gene expression

(2010) R. Karlic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coral-virus interactions: A double-edged sword?

(2010) Madeleine J. H. van Oppen et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Systematic and Biogeographical Patterns in the Reproductive Biology of Scleractinian Corals

(2009) Andrew H. Baird et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Energetics, epigenetics, mitochondrial genetics

(2009) Douglas C. Wallace et al.   MITOCHONDRION

Viruses manipulate the marine environment

(2009) Forest Rohwer et al.   NATURE

Linking DNA methylation and histone modification: patterns and paradigms

(2009) Howard Cedar et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Coping with environmental uncertainty: dynamic bet hedging as a maternal effect

(2009) A. J Crean et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

TRANSGENERATIONAL PLASTICITY IN THE SEA: CONTEXT-DEPENDENT MATERNAL EFFECTS ACROSS THE LIFE HISTORY

(2008) Dustin J. Marshall   ECOLOGY

DNA methylation landscapes: provocative insights from epigenomics

(2008) Miho M. Suzuki et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

A community change in the algal endosymbionts of a scleractinian coral following a natural bleaching event: field evidence of acclimatization

(2008) A.M Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES