A mutualism from the start?

30 April, 2017

News-2017-AMF

 

The symbiosis between marine invertebrate hosts and Symbiodinium is one of the biggest success stories in evolutionary history. But how does it all begin? In Reef Genomics' latest publication, they review the what is known about marine invertebrate larvae associated with Symbiodinium to find out whether there's a mutualism from the start.

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2017.00056/full​​​​