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Using high-throughput sequencing of ITS2 to describe Symbiodinium metacommunities in St. John, US Virgin Islands

(2017) Ross Cunning et al.   PeerJ

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(2016) Nadine M Boulotte et al.   ISME Journal

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Sex, Scavengers, and Chaperones: Transcriptome Secrets of Divergent Symbiodinium Thermal Tolerances

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Sperm dispersal distances estimated by parentage analysis in a brooding scleractinian coral

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Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

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Investigating the causes and consequences of symbiont shuffling in a multi-partner reef coral symbiosis under environmental change

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Maternal fucosyltransferase 2 status affects the gut bifidobacterial communities of breastfed infants

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Onset and establishment of diazotrophs and other bacterial associates in the early life history stages of the coralAcropora millepora

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AssessingSymbiodiniumdiversity in scleractinian corals via next-generation sequencing-based genotyping of the ITS2 rDNA region

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ExploringSymbiodiniumdiversity and host specificity inAcroporacorals from geographical extremes of Western Australia with 454 amplicon pyrosequencing

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Deep-Sequencing Method for Quantifying Background Abundances of Symbiodinium Types: Exploring the Rare Symbiodinium Biosphere in Reef-Building Corals

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Dynamic regulation of genome-wide pre-mRNA splicing and stress tolerance by the Sm-like protein LSm5 in Arabidopsis

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Quantifying crypticSymbiodiniumdiversity withinOrbicella faveolataandOrbicella franksiat the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico

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Genotypic variation influences reproductive success and thermal stress tolerance in the reef building coral, Acropora palmata

(2013) I. B. Baums et al.   CORAL REEFS

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(2013) Daniel J. Thornhill et al.   EVOLUTION

Defensive symbiosis in the real world - advancing ecological studies of heritable, protective bacteria in aphids and beyond

(2013) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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(2013) S. B. Andersen et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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(2013) Robert C Edgar   NATURE METHODS

Multiple Symbiont Acquisition Strategies as an Adaptive Mechanism in the Coral Stylophora pistillata

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How to assemble a beneficial microbiome in three easy steps

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(2012) James H Campbell et al.   ISME Journal

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Identifying and Characterizing Alternative Molecular Markers for the Symbiotic and Free-Living Dinoflagellate Genus Symbiodinium

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Transmission Mode Predicts Specificity and Interaction Patterns in Coral-Symbiodinium Networks

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A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never Been Individuals

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(2011) Tom Leinster et al.   ECOLOGY

Diversity and dynamics of bacterial communities in early life stages of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides

(2011) Koty H Sharp et al.   ISME Journal

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In an early branching metazoan, bacterial colonization of the embryo is controlled by maternal antimicrobial peptides

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(2009) Andrew H. Baird et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Juvenile corals can acquire more carbon from high-performance algal symbionts

(2009) N. E. Cantin et al.   CORAL REEFS

The onset of microbial associations in the coral Pocillopora meandrina

(2009) Amy Apprill et al.   ISME Journal

An ecologist’s guide to the animal model

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Genetic variation in responses to a settlement cue and elevated temperature in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora

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(2009) RA Littman et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Cohesive molecular genetic data delineate species diversity in the dinoflagellate genusSymbiodinium

(2009) E. M. SAMPAYO et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Highly infectious symbiont dominates initial uptake in coral juveniles

(2009) DAVID ABREGO et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Onset of algal endosymbiont specificity varies among closely related species ofAcroporacorals during early ontogeny

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Genetic diversity and connectivity in a brooding reef coral at the limit of its distribution

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Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

(2008) Nancy A. Moran et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Molecular Microbial Diversity Survey of Sponge Reproductive Stages and Mechanistic Insights into Vertical Transmission of Microbial Symbionts

(2008) S. Schmitt et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Heritability in the genomics era — concepts and misconceptions

(2008) Peter M. Visscher et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Learning how to live together: genomic insights into prokaryote–animal symbioses

(2008) Andrés Moya et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Bleaching susceptibility and mortality of corals are determined by fine-scale differences in symbiont type

(2008) E. M. Sampayo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enhanced photoprotection pathways in symbiotic dinoflagellates of shallow-water corals and other cnidarians

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A community change in the algal endosymbionts of a scleractinian coral following a natural bleaching event: field evidence of acclimatization

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Novel methods for the design and evaluation of marine protected areas in offshore waters

(2008) John Leathwick et al.   Conservation Letters