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2023
Rodriguez-Casariego, Javier A.; Mercado-Molina, Alex; Lemos, Leila Soledade; Quinete, Natalia Soares; Bellantuono, Anthony; Rodriguez-Lanetty, Mauricio; Sabat, Alberto; Eirin-Lopez, Jose M.
In: Coral Reefs, 2023.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: epigenetics, Lipidome, Microbiome, Phenotypic plasticity, staghorn coral, Symbiodiniaceae, Transcriptome, WGBS
@article{Rodriguez-Casariego2023,
title = {Multi-omic characterization of mechanisms contributing to rapid phenotypic plasticity in the coral \textit{Acropora cervicornis} under divergent environments},
author = {Javier A. Rodriguez-Casariego and Alex Mercado-Molina and Leila Soledade Lemos and Natalia Soares Quinete and Anthony Bellantuono and Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty and Alberto Sabat and Jose M. Eirin-Lopez},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-023-02446-9#author-information},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-023-02446-9},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-12-09},
urldate = {2023-12-09},
journal = {Coral Reefs},
abstract = {Phenotypic plasticity is defined as a property of individual genotypes to produce different phenotypes when exposed to different environmental conditions. This ability may be expressed at behavioral, biochemical, physiological, and/or developmental levels, exerting direct influence over species' demographic performance. In reef-building corals, a group critically threatened by global change in the Anthropocene, non-genetic mechanisms (i.e., epigenetic and microbiome variation) have been shown to participate in plastic
hysiological responses to environmental change. Yet, the precise way in which these mechanisms interact, contribute to such responses, and their adaptive potential is still obscure. The present work aims to fill this gap by using a multi-omics approach to elucidate the contribution and interconnection of the mechanisms modulating phenotypic plasticity in staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) clones subject to different depth conditions. Results show changes in lipidome, epigenome and transcriptome, but not in symbiotic and microbial communities. In addition, a potential shift toward a more heterotrophic feeding behavior was evidenced in corals at the deeper site. These observations are consistent with a multi-mechanism modulation of rapid acclimation in corals, underscoring the complexity of this process and the importance of a multifactorial approach to inform potential intervention to enhance coral adaptive capacity.},
keywords = {epigenetics, Lipidome, Microbiome, Phenotypic plasticity, staghorn coral, Symbiodiniaceae, Transcriptome, WGBS},
pubstate = {published},
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}
Phenotypic plasticity is defined as a property of individual genotypes to produce different phenotypes when exposed to different environmental conditions. This ability may be expressed at behavioral, biochemical, physiological, and/or developmental levels, exerting direct influence over species' demographic performance. In reef-building corals, a group critically threatened by global change in the Anthropocene, non-genetic mechanisms (i.e., epigenetic and microbiome variation) have been shown to participate in plastic
hysiological responses to environmental change. Yet, the precise way in which these mechanisms interact, contribute to such responses, and their adaptive potential is still obscure. The present work aims to fill this gap by using a multi-omics approach to elucidate the contribution and interconnection of the mechanisms modulating phenotypic plasticity in staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) clones subject to different depth conditions. Results show changes in lipidome, epigenome and transcriptome, but not in symbiotic and microbial communities. In addition, a potential shift toward a more heterotrophic feeding behavior was evidenced in corals at the deeper site. These observations are consistent with a multi-mechanism modulation of rapid acclimation in corals, underscoring the complexity of this process and the importance of a multifactorial approach to inform potential intervention to enhance coral adaptive capacity.
hysiological responses to environmental change. Yet, the precise way in which these mechanisms interact, contribute to such responses, and their adaptive potential is still obscure. The present work aims to fill this gap by using a multi-omics approach to elucidate the contribution and interconnection of the mechanisms modulating phenotypic plasticity in staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) clones subject to different depth conditions. Results show changes in lipidome, epigenome and transcriptome, but not in symbiotic and microbial communities. In addition, a potential shift toward a more heterotrophic feeding behavior was evidenced in corals at the deeper site. These observations are consistent with a multi-mechanism modulation of rapid acclimation in corals, underscoring the complexity of this process and the importance of a multifactorial approach to inform potential intervention to enhance coral adaptive capacity.