Coral kin aggregations exhibit mixed allogeneic reactions and enhanced fitness during early ontogeny

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Aggregated settlement of kin larvae in sessile marine invertebrates may result in a complex array of compatible and incompatible allogeneic responses within each assemblage. Each such aggregate can, therefore, be considered as a dist...

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Main Authors: Chadwick Nanette E, Amar Keren-Or, Rinkevich Baruch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/126