[Coral-List] colorful corals protect the algae inside

[Douglas Fenner]

Written as a short popular story with a link to the original article:

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/01/colorful-corals-protect-algae-inside?utm_campaign=email-news-latest&utm_src=email

The original article is:

Fluorescent protein-mediated color polymorphism in reef corals: multicopy
genes extend the adaptation/acclimitization potential to variable light
conditions.  Molecular Ecology

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.13041/pdf

open access

Cheers,  Doug

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