Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation destroy coral reefs, the
ecosystem services they provide, and the livelihoods of close to a billion people who …

Coral reef ecosystems thrive in tropical oligotrophic oceans because of the relationship
between corals and endosymbiotic dinoflagellate algae called Symbiodinium …

Dinoflagellates are important components of marine ecosystems and essential coral
symbionts, yet little is known about their genomes. We report here on the analysis of a high …

Despite half a century of research, the biology of dinoflagellates remains enigmatic: they
defy many functional and genetic traits attributed to typical eukaryotic cells. Genomic …

Corals from the northern Red Sea, in particular the Gulf of Aqaba (GoA), have exceptionally
high bleaching thresholds approaching> 5℃ above their maximum monthly mean (MMM) …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a unique class of short endogenous RNAs, which have become
known in the past few decades as major players in gene regulation at the post …

Dinoflagellates are main primary producers in the oceans, the cause of algal blooms and
endosymbionts of marine invertebrates. Much remains to be understood about their biology …

Coral reefs have entered an era of 'ecological crisis' as climate change drives catastrophic
reef loss worldwide. Coral growth and stress susceptibility are regulated by their …

Transcriptome and genome data from twenty stony coral species and a selection of
reference bilaterians were studied to elucidate coral evolutionary history. We identified …

Corals rely on photosynthesis by their endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) to
form the basis of tropical coral reefs. High sea surface temperatures driven by climate …