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Rapid thermal adaptation in photosymbionts of reef-building corals.
Global change biology - 1 Nov 2017
Chakravarti Leela J, Beltran Victor H, van Oppen Madeleine J H
Abstract excerpt
Climate warming is occurring at a rate not experienced by life on Earth for 10 s of millions of years, and it is unknown whether the coral-dinoflagellate (Symbiodinium spp.) symbiosis can evolve fast enough to ensure coral reef persistence. Coral thermal tolerance is partly dependent on the Symbiodinium hosted. Therefore, directed laboratory evolution in Symbiodinium has been proposed as a strategy to enhance...
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