Challenging over a century of evolutionary conventional wisdom, corals have been shown to pass somatic mutations changes to the DNA sequence that occur in non-reproductive cells to their offspring.
Corals pass mutations acquired during their lifetimes to offspring miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Reef-building corals and microscopic algae within their cells evolve together psu.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from psu.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Microscopic algae may evolve in tandem with the corals they inhabit, so each partner is fine-tuned to meet one another's needs, according to a new study.