Volume 49 Issue 2, February 2020
Making a coral model
Depicted on the cover is the sea anemone Aiptasia, harboring microalgae of the species Breviolum minutum (family Symbiodiniaceae). Aiptasia is one animal being developed as a model of coral, its reef-building relatives that are threatened by climate change and other negative human impacts. Just as mice, flies, and other model systems help researchers identify the cellular and molecular mechanisms that contribute to human health and disease, growing communities in the coral field are starting to look for simpler, more tractable options that can be studied in the lab to understand and ultimately help conserve coral reefs in the field.
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Image: Stephen C. Kempf, Auburn University. Cover design: Erin Dewalt
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