Is coral "personality" important for stress tolerance?

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25660172
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Aquatic life science
• Research Institution: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
• Principal Investigator: Shinzato Chuya 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, その他の研究科, 研究員 (70524726)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SAKAI Kazuhiko 琉球大学, 熱帯生物圏研究センター, 教授 (50153838)
• Research Collaborator: IGUCHI Akira 沖縄工業高等専門学校, 生物資源工学科, 助教 (50547502)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ゲノム / サンゴ礁 / SNP / ストレス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Coral reefs worldwide are declining due to climate change. It has been widely believed that coral stress tolerance is related with their symbiont type. In this project, based on a hypothesis that coral “personality” is more important for stress tolerance than their symbiont type, we aimed to identify genomic regions or genes that are important for stress response of corals using whole genome SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) analyses.

Free Research Field

ゲノム科学・サンゴ礁生物学