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Evolution and Molecular Mechanisms of Thermal Tolerance Plasticity in Reef-Building Corals
Evolution and Molecular Mechanisms of Thermal Tolerance Plasticity in Reef-Building Corals
Evolution and Molecular Mechanisms of Thermal Tolerance Plasticity in Reef-Building Corals

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20250211152838
ISBN  
9798384485254
DDC  
575
저자명  
Guerrero, Leslie.
서명/저자  
Evolution and Molecular Mechanisms of Thermal Tolerance Plasticity in Reef-Building Corals
발행사항  
[Sl] : University of California, Davis, 2024
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
형태사항  
165 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-04, Section: B.
주기사항  
Advisor: Bay, Rachael.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2024.
초록/해제  
요약Organisms must respond to environmental cues to maintain homeostasis, with gene expressiondriving phenotypic variation. Variation in gene expression response to environmental stress varies across individuals, populations, and species and can determine tolerance to stressors. Understanding links between gene expression and tolerance is especially urgent in species vulnerable to climate change, such as reef-building corals. Acropora, the largest genus of corals, are ecologically significant, as reefs support marine biodiversity and human communities, yet are particularly vulnerable to climate-induced warming. Previous research linked gene expression variation to thermal tolerance, making Acropora an ideal system for exploring two fundamental questions, which I investigate in this dissertation: 1) What epigenetic mechanisms explain variation in gene expression at the individual level? and 2) How does the evolution of gene expression responses affect thermal tolerance across species?In Chapter 1, I investigated the role of the epigenetic mechanism, DNA methylation, in driving gene expression changes coupled with enhanced thermal tolerance. In A. nana, individuals exhibiting thermal tolerance plasticity, or thermal acclimation, also have a reduced gene expression response to heat stress, a form of gene expression plasticity. DNA methylation is a chemical modification of DNA associated with overall mean gene expression and gene expression variability in invertebrates. I integrated RNA-seq and WGBS data to test the hypothesis that the heat stress genes with reduced expression responses to heat stress in acclimated individuals undergo a shift in DNA methylation throughout the thermal acclimation period. I found no relationship between the change in the heat-stress gene expression response in acclimated individuals and changes in DNA methylation following thermal acclimation. This result is likely due to the complexities of molecular interactions of DNA methylation with other gene expression regulators.In Chapter 2, I explored the role of chromatin accessibility in the gene expression response to heat stress using the species A. millepora. Chromatin accessibility is unexplored in reef-building coral species but is an epigenetic mechanism that plays a role in higher-level gene expression regulation in other species. I performed 3'TagSeq on samples subject to a heat stress assay to evaluate the genevexpression response to heat stress. In parallel, I performed ATAC-seq on samples from ambient conditions (i.e., no stress treatment) to investigate baseline regions of open chromatin regions in A. millepora. By integrating these two data sets, I found a relationship between chromatin accessibility and gene expression and gene expression variation. Further, open chromatin promoters play a small but significant role in promoting a rapid gene expression response to heat stress.In Chapter 3, I investigated the evolution of thermal tolerance and gene expression responses across eight Acropora species. Gene expression responses to heat stress are reduced in heat-tolerant individuals and populations, suggesting that this reduced response is a general thermal tolerance mechanism in corals. I estimated the relative thermal tolerances of multiple individuals across species and, using 3'TagSeq, found that thermally tolerant species exhibit a reduced gene expression response compared to thermally sensitive species. This suggests that similar mechanisms may be leading to thermal tolerance across levels of organization.Overall, my findings lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms governing gene expression variation and thermal tolerance in corals, and phenotypic plasticity more broadly. These insights are critical for understanding organismal resilience to climate change and can inform conservation strategies at the molecular level.
일반주제명  
Genetics
일반주제명  
Evolution & development
일반주제명  
Molecular biology
키워드  
Adaptive radiation
키워드  
Coral
키워드  
Ecological epigenomics
키워드  
Gene expression
키워드  
Phenotypic plasticity
키워드  
Thermal tolerance
기타저자  
University of California, Davis Population Biology
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-04B.
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■520    ▼aOrganisms  must  respond  to  environmental  cues  to  maintain  homeostasis,  with  gene  expressiondriving  phenotypic  variation.  Variation  in  gene  expression  response  to  environmental  stress  varies  across  individuals,  populations,  and  species  and  can  determine  tolerance  to  stressors.  Understanding  links  between  gene  expression  and  tolerance  is  especially  urgent  in  species  vulnerable  to  climate  change,  such  as  reef-building  corals.  Acropora,  the  largest  genus  of  corals,  are  ecologically  significant,  as  reefs  support  marine  biodiversity  and  human  communities,  yet  are  particularly  vulnerable  to  climate-induced  warming.  Previous  research  linked  gene  expression  variation  to  thermal  tolerance,  making  Acropora  an  ideal  system  for  exploring  two  fundamental  questions,  which  I  investigate  in  this  dissertation:  1)  What  epigenetic  mechanisms  explain  variation  in  gene  expression  at  the  individual  level?  and  2)  How  does  the  evolution  of  gene  expression  responses  affect  thermal  tolerance  across  species?In  Chapter  1,  I  investigated  the  role  of  the  epigenetic  mechanism,  DNA  methylation,  in  driving  gene  expression  changes  coupled  with  enhanced  thermal  tolerance.  In  A.  nana,  individuals  exhibiting  thermal  tolerance  plasticity,  or  thermal  acclimation,  also  have  a  reduced  gene  expression  response  to  heat  stress,  a  form  of  gene  expression  plasticity.  DNA  methylation  is  a  chemical  modification  of  DNA  associated  with  overall  mean  gene  expression  and  gene  expression  variability  in  invertebrates.  I  integrated  RNA-seq  and  WGBS  data  to  test  the  hypothesis  that  the  heat  stress  genes  with  reduced  expression  responses  to  heat  stress  in  acclimated  individuals  undergo  a  shift  in  DNA  methylation  throughout  the  thermal  acclimation  period.  I  found  no  relationship  between  the  change  in  the  heat-stress  gene  expression  response  in  acclimated  individuals  and  changes  in  DNA  methylation  following  thermal  acclimation.  This  result  is  likely  due  to  the  complexities  of  molecular  interactions  of  DNA  methylation  with  other  gene  expression  regulators.In  Chapter  2,  I  explored  the  role  of  chromatin  accessibility  in  the  gene  expression  response  to  heat  stress  using  the  species  A.  millepora.  Chromatin  accessibility  is  unexplored  in  reef-building  coral  species  but  is  an  epigenetic  mechanism  that  plays  a  role  in  higher-level  gene  expression  regulation  in  other  species.  I  performed  3'TagSeq  on  samples  subject  to  a  heat  stress  assay  to  evaluate  the  genevexpression  response  to  heat  stress.  In  parallel,  I  performed  ATAC-seq  on  samples  from  ambient  conditions  (i.e.,  no  stress  treatment)  to  investigate  baseline  regions  of  open  chromatin  regions  in  A.  millepora.  By  integrating  these  two  data  sets,  I  found  a  relationship  between  chromatin  accessibility  and  gene  expression  and  gene  expression  variation.  Further,  open  chromatin  promoters  play  a  small  but  significant  role  in  promoting  a  rapid  gene  expression  response  to  heat  stress.In  Chapter  3,  I  investigated  the  evolution  of  thermal  tolerance  and  gene  expression  responses  across  eight  Acropora  species.  Gene  expression  responses  to  heat  stress  are  reduced  in  heat-tolerant  individuals  and  populations,  suggesting  that  this  reduced  response  is  a  general  thermal  tolerance  mechanism  in  corals.  I  estimated  the  relative  thermal  tolerances  of  multiple  individuals  across  species  and,  using  3'TagSeq,  found  that  thermally  tolerant  species  exhibit  a  reduced  gene  expression  response  compared  to  thermally  sensitive  species.  This  suggests  that  similar  mechanisms  may  be  leading  to  thermal  tolerance  across  levels  of  organization.Overall,  my  findings  lead  to  a  better  understanding  of  the  mechanisms  governing  gene  expression  variation  and  thermal  tolerance  in  corals,  and  phenotypic  plasticity  more  broadly.  These  insights  are  critical  for  understanding  organismal  resilience  to  climate  change  and  can  inform  conservation  strategies  at  the  molecular  level.
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