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Mixtures of genotypes increase disease resistance in a coral nursery
Marine infectious diseases are a leading cause of population declines globally due, in large part, to challenges in diagnosis and limited treatment options. Mitigating disease spread is particularly important for species targeted for conservation. In some systems, strategic arrangement of organisms...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9652365/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36369337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23457-6 |
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author | Brown, Anya L. Anastasiou, Dagny-Elise Schul, Monica MacVittie, Sophia Spiers, Lindsay J. Meyer, Julie L. Manfrino, Carrie Frazer, Thomas K. |
author_facet | Brown, Anya L. Anastasiou, Dagny-Elise Schul, Monica MacVittie, Sophia Spiers, Lindsay J. Meyer, Julie L. Manfrino, Carrie Frazer, Thomas K. |
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description | Marine infectious diseases are a leading cause of population declines globally due, in large part, to challenges in diagnosis and limited treatment options. Mitigating disease spread is particularly important for species targeted for conservation. In some systems, strategic arrangement of organisms in space can constrain disease outbreaks, however, this approach has not been used in marine restoration. Reef building corals have been particularly devastated by disease and continue to experience catastrophic population declines. We show that mixtures of genotypes (i.e., diversity) increased disease resistance in the critically endangered Acropora cervicornis, a species that is frequently targeted for restoration of degraded reefs in the broader Caribbean region. This finding suggests a more generalized relationship between diversity and disease and offers a viable strategy for mitigating the spread of infectious diseases in corals that likely applies to other foundation species targeted for restoration. |
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spelling | pubmed-96523652022-11-15 Mixtures of genotypes increase disease resistance in a coral nursery Brown, Anya L. Anastasiou, Dagny-Elise Schul, Monica MacVittie, Sophia Spiers, Lindsay J. Meyer, Julie L. Manfrino, Carrie Frazer, Thomas K. Sci Rep Article Marine infectious diseases are a leading cause of population declines globally due, in large part, to challenges in diagnosis and limited treatment options. Mitigating disease spread is particularly important for species targeted for conservation. In some systems, strategic arrangement of organisms in space can constrain disease outbreaks, however, this approach has not been used in marine restoration. Reef building corals have been particularly devastated by disease and continue to experience catastrophic population declines. We show that mixtures of genotypes (i.e., diversity) increased disease resistance in the critically endangered Acropora cervicornis, a species that is frequently targeted for restoration of degraded reefs in the broader Caribbean region. This finding suggests a more generalized relationship between diversity and disease and offers a viable strategy for mitigating the spread of infectious diseases in corals that likely applies to other foundation species targeted for restoration. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9652365/ /pubmed/36369337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23457-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Brown, Anya L. Anastasiou, Dagny-Elise Schul, Monica MacVittie, Sophia Spiers, Lindsay J. Meyer, Julie L. Manfrino, Carrie Frazer, Thomas K. Mixtures of genotypes increase disease resistance in a coral nursery |
title | Mixtures of genotypes increase disease resistance in a coral nursery |
title_full | Mixtures of genotypes increase disease resistance in a coral nursery |
title_fullStr | Mixtures of genotypes increase disease resistance in a coral nursery |
title_full_unstemmed | Mixtures of genotypes increase disease resistance in a coral nursery |
title_short | Mixtures of genotypes increase disease resistance in a coral nursery |
title_sort | mixtures of genotypes increase disease resistance in a coral nursery |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9652365/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36369337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23457-6 |
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