Transcriptomic resilience to heat stress in a wide-spread Acropora coral

The data set consists of whole transcriptome sequences (RNA) and physiological responses of 60 corals to an acute heat stress experiment. These data provide new insight into the genetic mechanisms that underlie recovery from heat stress in coral and highlight the role of transcriptional plasticity in the resilience of coral to increasing disturbances. Coral samples were collected on November 29th from Bundegi Reef in the Ningaloo Reef Marine Park, part of the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area. Samples were collected on SCUBA, total RNA was isolated, sequenced and analysed using DeSeq2.0 (Love et al., 2014).

本数据集涵盖60株珊瑚在急性热胁迫实验中的全转录组序列（RNA）与生理响应数据。该数据集为阐明珊瑚热胁迫恢复的遗传机制提供了全新认知，并凸显了转录可塑性在珊瑚应对愈发频繁的扰动胁迫时的抗逆作用。珊瑚样本于11月29日采自宁格罗礁海洋公园（Ningaloo Reef Marine Park）内的邦德吉礁（Bundegi Reef），该海洋公园为宁格罗海岸世界遗产地（Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area）的组成部分。样本经水肺潜水（SCUBA）采集后，完成总RNA提取、测序，并采用DeSeq2.0（Love等人，2014）开展数据分析。