Zooxanthellal genetic varieties in giant clams are partially determined by species-intrinsic and growth-related characteristics

• Shota Ikeda ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shota Ikeda, Hiroshi Yamashita

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Hiroshi Yamashita ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shota Ikeda, Hiroshi Yamashita

  Affiliation Research Center for Subtropical Fisheries, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan

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• Shi-nobu Kondo,

  Affiliation Okinawa Prefectural Fisheries Research and Extension Center, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

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• Ken Inoue,

  Affiliation Okinawa Prefectural Fisheries Research and Extension Center, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

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• Shin-ya Morishima,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Koike

  * E-mail: kazkoike@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

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