Development and application of molecular biomarkers for characterizing Caribbean Yellow Band Disease in Orbicella faveolata

Molecular stress responses associated with coral diseases represent an under-studied area of cnidarian transcriptome investigations. Caribbean Yellow Band Disease (CYBD) is considered a disease of Symbiodinium within the tissues of the coral host Orbicella faveolata. There is a paucity of diagnostic...

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Main Authors: Michael Morgan, Kylia Goodner, James Ross, Angela Z. Poole, Elizabeth Stepp, Christopher H. Stuart, Cydney Wilbanks, Ernesto Weil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1371.pdf