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Branch to colony trajectory in a modular organism: pattern formation in the Indo-Pacific coral Stylophora pistillata.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Aug 2006
Shaish Lee, Abelson Avigdor, Rinkevich Baruch
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The architecture of the colony in a branching coral is an iterative process in which new layers of calcium carbonate compile atop existing structures that remain unchanged. Colony growth and development, known as astogeny, is believed to be a continuous process, characterized by replication of lo...
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