Allorecognition maturation in the broadcast-spawning coral Acropora millepora

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1019-1028

  Puill Stephan, E ^a,b,c   Willis, B L ^a   Abrego, D ^b   Raina, J B ^a,b   van Oppen, M J H ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Acropora millepora; Allorecognition; Corals; Immunity; Self non self recognition

Indexed keywords

CORAL; IMMUNITY; INCOMPATIBILITY; MATURATION; ONTOGENY; RECOGNITION; SESSILE SPECIES; SIBLING; SPAWNING;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84863690642     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0912-1     Document Type: Article

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