Maternal inheritance of F1 hybrid morphology and colony shape in the coral genus Acropora

Background The coral genus Acropora contains more than 150 species with very high morphological diversity. This high diversity may have been caused by repeated hybridization via mass spawning. However, we have little information whether hybrids are formed in these corals. Identifying morphological d...

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Main Authors: Hironobu Fukami, Kenji Iwao, Naoki H. Kumagai, Masaya Morita, Naoko Isomura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6429.pdf