sex determination in corals

[Alina M. Szmant]

Unfortunately, you need to take a tissue sample to see if the colony carries
sperm or eggs.

At 08:00 AM 04/24/2002 -0400, you wrote:

> Assuming that the method is not invasive, I'm interested too.  Please
> respond to list.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> Mikhail Matz wrote:
> >
> > Hello listers,
> >
> > Does anybody know the mechanism of sex determination in great star coral
> > Montastraea cavernosa? And how to tell a boy from a girl?..
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > --
> > Mikhail V. Matz, Ph.D.
> >
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Dr. Alina M. Szmant
Coral Reef Research Group
Professor of Biology
Center for Marine Science
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
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