An Ancient Chemosensory Mechanism Brings New Life to Coral Reefs
An Ancient Chemosensory Mechanism Brings New Life to Coral Reefs
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United States: Marine Biological Laboratory
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United States: Marine Biological Laboratory
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The first scleractinians, progenitors of modern corals, began to appear 240 million years ago; by the late Jurassic (150 Ma) most families of modern corals had evolved and begun forming reefs (1, 2). Mechanisms controlling the recruitment of new corals to sustain these structures are, however, poorly understood (3). Corals, like many marine inverte...
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An Ancient Chemosensory Mechanism Brings New Life to Coral Reefs
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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_29220228
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0006-3185
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1939-8697
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10.2307/1542917