New genome analysis of coral population leads to new findings about Okinawan coral reefs. Coral populations are under threat across the globe. The analysis of coral genomes in relation to their larvae ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 59, No. 5 (2014), pp. 1468-1476 (9 pages) The interactive effects of nutrient availability and ocean acidification on coral calcification were investigated using ...

To avert coral demise, experts report the establishment of DNA markers that might be applicable to all species of the Acropora reef-building coral, giving accurate identification to individual corals.

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The first comparative genome study between two corals reveals significant evolutionary differences. These findings could help scientists understand the resilience of corals and how they might respond ...

Colonies of spawning corals reproduce in mass-spawning events, in which polyps within each colony release sperm and eggs for fertilization in the water column, with fertilization occurring only ...

Okinawa, Japan -- A team from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), led by Group Leader Chuya Shinzato in Professor Noriyuki Satoh's Marine Genomics Unit, has ...