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Open AccessA core of functional complementary bacteria infects oysters in Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome
The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is one of the main cultivated invertebrate species worldwide. Since 2008, oyster juveniles have been confronted with a lethal syndrome known as the Pacific Oyster Mortality Sy...
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Species and population genomic differentiation in Pocillopora corals (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia)
Correctly delimiting species and populations is a prerequisite for studies of connectivity, adaptation and conservation. Genomic data are particularly useful to test species differentiation for organisms with ...
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Open AccessFrontloading of stress response genes enhances robustness to environmental change in chimeric corals
Chimeras are genetically mixed entities resulting from the fusion of two or more conspecifics. This phenomenon is widely distributed in nature and documented in a variety of animal and plant phyla. In corals, ...
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Open AccessEarly life microbial exposures shape the Crassostrea gigas immune system for lifelong and intergenerational disease protection
The interaction of organisms with their surrounding microbial communities influences many biological processes, a notable example of which is the sha** of the immune system in early life. In the Pacific oyst...
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Open AccessUnveiling protist diversity associated with the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas using blocking and excluding primers
Microbiome of macroorganisms might directly or indirectly influence host development and homeostasis. Many studies focused on the diversity and distribution of prokaryotes within these assemblages, but the euk...
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Open AccessImmune-suppression by OsHV-1 viral infection causes fatal bacteraemia in Pacific oysters
Infectious diseases are mostly explored using reductionist approaches despite repeated evidence showing them to be strongly influenced by numerous interacting host and environmental factors. Many diseases with...
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Open AccessThermal regime and host clade, rather than geography, drive Symbiodinium and bacterial assemblages in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis sensu lato
Although the term holobiont has been popularized in corals with the advent of the hologenome theory of evolution, the underlying concepts are still a matter of debate. Indeed, the relative contribution of host...
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Open AccessLarge-scale identification of human genes implicated in epidermal barrier function
During epidermal differentiation, keratinocytes progressing through the suprabasal layers undergo complex and tightly regulated biochemical modifications leading to cornification and desquamation. The last liv...
