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From parent to gamete: vertical transmission of Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) ITS2 sequence assemblages in the reef building coral Montipora capitata.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Padilla-Gamiño Jacqueline L, Pochon Xavier, Bird Christopher, Concepcion Gregory T, Gates Ruth D
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Parental effects are ubiquitous in nature and in many organisms play a particularly critical role in the transfer of symbionts across generations; however, their influence and relative importance in the marine environment has rarely been considered. Coral reefs are biologically diverse and productive marine ecosystems, whose success is framed by symbiosis between reef-building corals and unicellular...
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