Differential Gene Expression Analysis and Gene Ontology in Triploid and Diploid Pocillopora Acuta

Corals are marine invertebrates that facing life-threatening environmental stressors due to climate change. Polyploidy can, in such cases, be an important source of variation and adaptation corals other species. is the genomic condition wherein cells a normally diploid organism have more than one pair chromosomes. Pocillopora acuta, also known as cauliflower coral, brooding coral can reproduce asexually. It stress-sensitive which means it shows clear physiological changes response like temperature, salinity, pH. In this study, about 60% stony acuta samples collected from Kāneʻohe Bay, Oahu, HI, were triploid. The aim study was identify differences gene expression patterns between triploid cluster 1 (T1), 2 (T2), (D) P. acuta. Pairwise comparisons carried out all categories: T1 vs. D, T2 T2. While there large number genes exhibiting similar both clusters, many differentially regulated when compared This result provides evidence suggesting two lineages originated separate triploidization events Bay. expressed shared these lineages, lineage, suggests cellular physiology polyploidization. Functional analysis provide deeper insight into specific, molecular functions biological processes triploids Future studies involving comparative functional enrichment with will caused coral’s stressors.