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Fused embryos and pre-metamorphic conjoined larvae in a broadcast spawning reef coral

Fusion of embryos or larvae prior to metamorphosis is rarely known to date in colonial marine organisms. Here, we document for the first time that the embryos of the broadcast spawning coral Platygyra daedalea could fuse during blastulation and further develop into conjoined larvae, and the settleme...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Lei, Lei, Xin-Ming, Liu, Sheng, Huang, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25901279
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6136.2

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