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From: Cellular adaptations leading to coral fragment attachment on artificial substrates in Acropora millepora (Am-CAM)

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An overview of the three phases of attachment over 21 days from both the expanded view and the obscured underside and with the timing of each stage and their characteristics. (a–c) Coral attachment through three stages: (1) contact response leading to (2) soft tissue anchoring and fragment stabilisation and (3) calcification and lappet-like appendage development leading to bonding and encrustation. (e, f) Micro view of the underside in all three stages. (h) The timing of the processes which characterise each phase represented by a heat map.

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