Expression of putative immune response genes during early ontogeny in the coral Acropora millepora.

Corals, like many other marine invertebrates, lack a mature allorecognition system in early life history stages. Indeed, in early ontogeny, when corals acquire and establish associations with various surface microbiota and dinoflagellate endosymbionts, they do not efficiently distinguish between clo...

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Main Authors: Eneour Puill-Stephan, François O Seneca, David J Miller, Madeleine J H van Oppen, Bette L Willis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3391189?pdf=render