Regulation of apoptotic mediators reveals dynamic responses to thermal stress in the reef building coral Acropora millepora.

Mass coral bleaching is increasing in scale and frequency across the world's coral reefs and is being driven primarily by increased levels of thermal stress arising from global warming. In order to understand the impacts of projected climate change upon corals reefs, it is important to elucidat...

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Main Authors: Mathieu Pernice, Simon R Dunn, Thomas Miard, Sylvie Dufour, Sophie Dove, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3025915?pdf=render