Daniel M. Wuitchik

This study examines how temperature influences genetic variation in two marine snail species along a temperature gradient, finding temperature explains 9-12% of genetic differentiation.

The paper examines gene expression responses of coral hosts and their symbionts to thermal stress, finding hosts show stronger responses than symbionts, with symbionts exhibiting greater plasticity when free-living.

This study shows that photosymbiosis in corals reduces the environmental stress response under heat challenge, contradicting the oxidative bleaching hypothesis.