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Genomic insights into photosymbiosis in giant clams: Comparisons with coral strategies

2025-11-20

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Giant clams are representative bivalves in coral reef ecosystems that host photosynthetic dinoflagellates extracellularly and rely on their photosynthates, functioning as "solar-powered animals." Unlike corals, which harbor intracellular dinoflagellates, molecular mechanisms and evolutionary history underlying this symbiosis remain largely unknown. Here, we integrated chromosome-scale genome assembly, transcriptom...

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Literature Corpus work: a9243697-a4f5-53b7-8539-99c3b101d05a
DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.20.689417

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