Cellular adaptations leading to coral fragment attachment on artificial substrates in Acropora millepora (Am-CAM)

Abstract Reproductive propagation by asexual fragmentation in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora depends on (1) successful attachment to the reef substrate through modification of soft tissues and (2) a permanent bond with skeletal encrustation. Despite decades of research examining asexual...

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Main Authors: Brett M. Lewis, David S. Suggett, Peter J. Prentis, Luke D. Nothdurft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23134-8