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

ABSTRACT: 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 tools to assist in the early detection and characterization of coral diseases. The validity of a diagnostic test is determined by its ability to distinguish host organisms that have the disease from those that do not. The ability to detect and identify disease-affected tissue before visible signs of the disease are evident would then be a useful diagnostic tool for monitoring and managing disease outbreaks. Representational Difference Analysis (RDA) was utilized to isolate differentially expres

SUBMITTER: Morgan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4636412 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature