The reef-building coral Acropora conditionally hybridize under sperm limitation
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The reef-building coral Acropora conditionally hybridize under sperm limitation.
Multi-specific synchronous spawning risks both sperm limitation, which reduces fertilization success, and hybridization with other species. If available sperm of conspecifics are limited, hybridization with heterospecific sperm could be an alternative. Some species of the reef-building coral Acropora produce hybrid offspring in vitro, and therefore hybridization between such species does someti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0511