Dataset: cDNA expressed sequence tags for the corals Acropora palmate and Orbicella faveola in Mexico, Panama, and the Florida Keys in 2003 (SymBioSys project)

This dataset includes links to NCBI accession pages for cDNA EST's for the corals Acropora palmate and Orbicella faveola (Montastraea faveolata).

Related References:

Desalvo, MK., CR. Voolstra, S. Sunagawa, JA. Schwarz, JH. Stillman, MA. Coffroth, AM. Szmant and M. Medina (2008) Differential gene expression during thermal stress and bleaching in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata. Molecular Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03879.x

Desalvo, MK., S. Sunagawa, PL. Fisher, CR. Voolstra, R. Iglesias-Prieto and M. Medina (2010) Coral host transcriptomic states are correlated with Symbiodinium genotypes. Molecular Ecology, 19, 1174–1186 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04534.x

DeSalvo MK., S Sunagawa, CR. Voolstra, M. Medina (2010) Transcriptomic responses to heat stress and bleaching in the elkhorn coral Acropora palmate. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 402: 97–113, doi: 10.3354/meps08372

DeSalvo MK., A. Estrada, S. Sunagawa, M. Medina (2011) Transcriptomic responses to darkness stress point to common coral bleaching mechanisms. Coral Reefs, doi 10.1007/s00338-011-0833-4.

Schwarz JA, PB Brokstein, C Voolstra, AY Terry, DJ Miller, AM Szmant, MA Coffroth and M Medina (2008) Coral life history and symbiosis: Functional genomic resources for two reef building Caribbean corals, Acropora palmata and Montastraea faveolata. BMC Genomics, 9:97, doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-97.

Voolstra CR., JA. Schwarz, J Schnetzer,S Sunagawa,MK. Desalvo, AM. Szmant, MA Coffroth and M Medina (2009) The host transcriptome remains unaltered during the establishment of coral–algal symbioses. Molecular Ecology, 18, 1823–1833, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04167.x