Big Biology
Big Biology
Human-assisted evolution: Conserving coral diversity (Ep 60)
Preview
0:00
-30:22

Human-assisted evolution: Conserving coral diversity (Ep 60)

Why are some corals more resilient to bleaching than others? How should we leverage genetic and epigenetic information to conserve coral diversity?

On this episode of Big Biology, we talk with Hollie Putnam (@HolliePutnam), a professor at the University of Rhode Island, about threats to coral reefs and the steps she and her colleagues are taking to preserve coral diversity. Warming oceans disrupt the relationships between corals and their symbiotic algae, which can lead to coral bleaching. Warming …

Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Big Biology to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.