Algal Symbionts Increase DNA Damage in Coral Planulae Exposed to Sunlight
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Sunlight Badrun Nesa1, Andrew H Baird2, Saki Harii3, Irina Yakovleva4, and Michio Hidaka1,* 1Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Univ. of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan 2ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook Univ., Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia 3Sesoko Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, Univ. of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 905-0227, Japan 4A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690041, Russia
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