Pushing the limits: expanding the temperature tolerance of a coral photosymbiont through differing selection regimes
H. J. Scharfenstein, L. M. Peplow, C. Alvarez-Roa, M. Nitschke, P. Buerger, W. Y. Chan, M. J. H. van Oppen
This study shows that fluctuating temperature regimes, especially diurnal oscillations, increase thermal tolerance in the coral photosymbiont Durusdinium trenchii compared to stable temperatures.
bioRxiv · Feb 11, 2024Evolutionary Biology