[Coral-List] can you make a coral out of an anemone?

[Douglas Fenner]

Why can't you make a coral out of an anemone?

By adding genes to a non-mineralizing relative that's better suited to lab
life, team aims to show how corals build reefs

https://www.science.org/content/article/why-can-t-you-make-coral-out-anemone

A novel in-vivo system to study coral biomineralization in the starlet sea
anemone (Nematostella vectensis)

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.04.560932v1

Genetic basis of coral biomineralization: history, trends, and future
prospects


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1047847721000873?via%3Dihub

Meganuclease-assested generation of stable transgenics in the sea anemone
Nematostella vectensis

https://www.nature.com/articles/nprot.2017.075

A glimmer of hope for coral reefs
A new study identifies genes behind coral resilience to climate change

https://www.science.org/content/article/glimmer-hope-coral-reefs

Genomic basis for coral resilience to climate change

https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1210224110

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

"without policy changes, the world will heat up enough by the end of the
century that more than 2 billion people will live in life-threatening hot
climates"
Will you be in that area???
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sounding-alarm-dangerous-problem-123000792.html

World subsidies for fossil fuels reached an all-time high of over $1
TRILLION in 2022, the last year for which data is available.  The subsidies
MUST end.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fossil-fuel-subsidies-must-end/

Over 3500 invasive species cost the world over $400 BILLON a year

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-issue-sobering-warning-invasive-180000644.html
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/09/unep-five-drivers-nature-crisis-biodiversity-loss/
https://www.ipbes.net/IASmediarelease