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Chimerism in wild adult populations of the broadcast spawning coral Acropora millepora on the Great Barrier Reef.
PloS one - 4 Nov 2009
Puill-Stephan Eneour, Willis Bette L, van Herwerden Lynne, van Oppen Madeleine J H
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BACKGROUND: Chimeras are organisms containing tissues or cells of two or more genetically distinct individuals, and are known to exist in at least nine phyla of protists, plants, and animals. Although widespread and common in marine invertebrates, the extent of chimerism in wild populations of reef corals is unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The extent of chimerism was explored within two populations of a...
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