Corals coping with climate stress: DNA methylation as a mechanism of reef resilience in extreme environments

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This project addresses this gap by testing a novel mechanistic hypothesis: that gene-body DNA methylation enhances coral stress resilience not by changing gene expression levels, but by maintaining accurate transcription and preventing the accumulation of faulty transcripts as stress-response genes become more active.

04 Jan 2026 - 30 Jun 2028

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