Australian scientists have sequenced the genome of the staghorn coral Acropora millepora, a major component of the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs worldwide. This is the first animal genome project ...
Researchers have developed the first successful CRISPR–Cas9 protocol for genome editing in reef-building corals, enabling precise gene function studies across life stages. The method, applied to ...
The Great Barrier Reef is dying. Global ocean temperature rise has bleached and killed coral reefs all over the world, but the Great Barrier Reef has been particularly hard, losing 29 percent of its ...
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