Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Milleporidæ, so called from the numerous pores upon the surface.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of Hydrocorallia, which includes the millipores.
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A. millepora, respectively, were found to be chimeras (3% overall), based on conservative estimates.
Elites TV 2009
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Acropora millepora, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, by using up to 12 polymorphic DNA microsatellite loci.
Elites TV 2009
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Acropora millepora, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, by using up to 12 polymorphic DNA microsatellite loci.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Eneour Puill-Stephan et al. 2009
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Acropora millepora on the Great Barrier Reef Chimeras are organisms containing tissues or cells of two or more genetically distinct individuals, and are known to exist in at least nine phyla of protists, plants, and animals.
Elites TV 2009
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The proportions of chimerism in populations of A. millepora presented here are likely to underestimate the true extent of chimerism, as the sampling protocol was restricted to a maximum of eight branches per colony (Great Barrier Marine Park Authority permit limitations).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Eneour Puill-Stephan et al. 2009
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Abbreviations: Afo, Acropora formosa; Ami, Acropora millepora; Aqu, Amphimedon queenslandica; Bfl, Branchiostoma floridae; Che, Clytia hemisphaerica; Csa, Cupiennus salei;
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Acropora millepora; Bfl, Branchiostoma floridae; Che,
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Development 134: 2549-2560. de Jong DM, Hislop NR, Hayward DC, Reece-Hoyes JS, Pontynen PC, et al. (2006) Components of both major axial patterning systems of the Bilateria are differentially expressed along the primary axis of a 'radiate' animal, the anthozoan cnidarian Acropora millepora.
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Hayward DC, Catmull J, Reece-Hoyes JS, Berghammer H, Dodd H, et al. (2001) Gene structure and larval expression of cnox-2Am from the coral Acropora millepora.
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A. millepora, respectively, were found to be chimeras (3% overall), based on conservative estimates.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Eneour Puill-Stephan et al. 2009
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