Fluorescent close-up of polyp (IMAGE)

Center for Genomic Regulation

Fluorescent close-up of polyp

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Fluorescent close-up of the individual polyps that constitute a colony of stony coral. Red fluorescence corresponds to the symbiotic algae that reside within coral gastric cells, with coral cells naturally containing green fluorescent protein also visible.

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Shani Levy/University of Haifa

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