Coral gardens: paternity and drug testing on the reef.
An international team has used molecular genetics and chemical tagging to trace how baby clownfish travel from their mother's nest through the ocean to the anemone they will live on. More than one out of five juveniles came from nests that were only meters away, despite spending over a week drifting in ocean currents. Such surprising fidelity to a small area of the coral reef bodes well for efforts to preserve coral reef diversity with reserves.
Palumbi
Stephen R
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stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.
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