Maternal Effects in Gene Expression of Acropora Coral Hybrids

Australian Institute of Marine Science research on maternal effects in coral gene expression. The dataset likely contains RNA-sequencing results from F1 interspecific hybrid and purebred larvae of Acropora tenuis and A. loripes, exposed to ambient or elevated temperature and pCO2 conditions for seven months. Analysis showed only 40 genes were differentially expressed between hybrids and their maternal progenitor, indicating long-lasting maternal effects.

Use Cases

• Study maternal genetic influence on coral offspring based on differential gene expression analysis.
• Investigate long-term coral response to climate stressors based on gene expression after seven months of exposure.
• Compare gene expression patterns between interspecific hybrids and purebred progenitors.
• Analyze the stability of gene expression signatures in coral hybrids under different ocean conditions.

Strengths

• Data originates from a controlled seven-month experiment exposing coral recruits to ambient and elevated conditions.
• Analysis identified a specific count of differentially expressed genes (40 between hybrids and maternal progenitor, ~2000 between hybrids and paternal progenitor).
• Research is published and associated with the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect bias inherent to paperswithcode as a platform for linking papers and code.

Provenance

Source

Australian Institute of Marine Science

Collection Method

RNA-sequencing conducted on samples from a previous controlled experiment.