Climate change: many ways to beat the heat for reef corals
- PMID: 25514009
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.014
Climate change: many ways to beat the heat for reef corals
Abstract
Reef-building corals are vulnerable to heat stress and are facing widespread losses due to climate change. A new study shows that coral heat tolerance can result from selection on a suite of genes to maintain genetic flexibility.
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Multilocus adaptation associated with heat resistance in reef-building corals.Curr Biol. 2014 Dec 15;24(24):2952-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.044. Epub 2014 Nov 26. Curr Biol. 2014. PMID: 25454780
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