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Positive Selection of a Starch Synthesis Gene and Phenotypic Differentiation of Starch Accumulation in Symbiotic and Free-Living Coral Symbiont Dinoflagellate Species.
Genome biology and evolution - 3 Jul 2025
Ishii Yuu, Kanamori Shunsuke, Deguchi Ryusaku, Kawata Masakado, Maruyama Shinichiro, Yoshida Takashi, Kamikawa Ryoma
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Symbiosis is a basis for species diversification through interactions between organisms. In tropical and subtropical oceans, dinoflagellate symbionts belonging to the family Symbiodiniaceae, including the genus Symbiodinium, support the flourishment of cnidarian hosts, including corals, and thereby the ecology of oligotrophic oceans through their photosynthate carbon transfers. Although the genus Symbiodinium...
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