Transcriptome Dynamics Over a Lunar Cycle in Acropora humilis

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atmire.migration.oldid4139
dc.contributor.advisorVize, Peter D.
dc.contributor.authorOldach, Matthew J.
dc.contributor.committeememberMuench, Douglas
dc.contributor.committeememberChua, Gordon
dc.contributor.committeememberBrook, William
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-29T22:08:06Z
dc.date.available2016-01-29T22:08:06Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-29
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractThe cycle of the moon serves as a cue for the reproduction of many species of corals, with many species spawning in the evening a few days following a full moon. Yet, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that allow corals to perceive moonlight and use this information for reproductive timing. To improve our understanding, short-read sequencing was used to assemble, de novo, the transcriptome of the coral Acropora humilis and identify differential patterns of gene expression in the month preceding spawning. Analysis revealed a number of biological processes that change over the lunar month including energy metabolism, skeletal deposition and translation. Furthermore, a number of circadian clock genes shift their expression over the lunar month suggesting a potential mechanism that corals may use detect moonlight and trigger a biochemical cascade that culminates in gamete release following the full moon.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOldach, M. J. (2016). Transcriptome Dynamics Over a Lunar Cycle in Acropora humilis (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28506en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28506
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2796
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectBioinformatics
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectGenetics
dc.subjectBiology--Molecular
dc.subject.classificationcoralen_US
dc.subject.classificationchronobiologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationcircalunaren_US
dc.subject.classificationmoonlighten_US
dc.subject.classificationbiological rhythmen_US
dc.subject.classificationcircadian rhythmen_US
dc.subject.classificationbroadcast spawningen_US
dc.titleTranscriptome Dynamics Over a Lunar Cycle in Acropora humilis
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineBiological Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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