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Mutations in coral soma and sperm imply lifelong stem cell renewal and cell lineage selection.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 25 Jan 2023
López-Nandam Elora H, Albright Rebecca, Hanson Erik A, Sheets Elizabeth A, Palumbi Stephen R
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In many animals, the germline differentiates early in embryogenesis, so only mutations that accumulate in germ cells are inherited by offspring. Exceptions to this developmental process may indicate other mechanisms have evolved to limit the effects of deleterious mutation accumulation. Stony corals are animals that can live for hundreds of years and have been thought to produce gametes from somatic tissue. To...
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