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Multiple Symbiont Acquisition Strategies as an Adaptive Mechanism in the Coral Stylophora pistillata

In obligate symbioses, the host’s survival relies on the successful acquisition and maintenance of symbionts. Symbionts can either be transferred from parent to offspring via direct inheritance (vertical transmission) or acquired anew each generation from the environment (horizontal transmission). W...

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Autores principales: Byler, Kristen A., Carmi-Veal, Maya, Fine, Maoz, Goulet, Tamar L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059596