Gene expression of a tropical starfish fluctuates between the seasons (IMAGE)
Caption
An adult crown-of-thorns starfish in the wild on the Great Barrier Reef. Male and female transcriptomes of seven somatic tissues were analysed in the summer and winter. Four of these, orange-tipped spines, purple papulae, brown skin and orange-white tube feet, can been seen in this photo.
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Sandie Degnan (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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