Coral 'toolkit' allows floating larvae to transform into reef skeletons

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 12:50 in Biology & Nature

Key components of the molecular 'toolkit' that allow corals to build their skeletons (called biomineralization) has been desicribed in that new article that also outlines when -- in the transformation from floating larvae to coral skeleton -- these components are used.

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