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Detecting Photosymbiosis in Fossil Scleractinian Corals

The evolutionary success of reef-building corals is often attributed to photosymbiosis, a mutualistic relationship scleractinian corals developed with zooxanthellae; however, because zooxanthellae are not fossilized, it is difficult (and contentious) to determine whether ancient corals harbored symb...

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Autores principales: Tornabene, Chiara, Martindale, Rowan C., Wang, Xingchen T., Schaller, Morgan F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28842582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09008-4