Moontanman Posted February 24, 2009 Report Posted February 24, 2009 Shape-shifting Coral Evade IdentificationScienceDaily (Feb. 24, 2009) — The evolutionary tendency of corals to alter their skeletal structure makes it difficult to assign them to different species. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have used genetic markers to examine coral groupings and investigate how these markers relate to alterations in shape, in the process discovering that our inaccurate picture of coral species is compromising our ability to conserve coral reefs. Shape-shifting Coral Evade Identification Quote
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