Coral larvae suppress the heat stress response during the onset of symbiosis thereby decreasing their odds of survival
S. A. Kitchen, D. Jiang, S. Harii, N. Satoh, V. M. Weis, C. Shinzato
This study shows that coral larvae under thermal stress have reduced symbiont colonization and survival, with gene expression changes indicating a trade-off between stress response and symbiosis.
bioRxiv · Dec 10, 2021Ecology