The colorful mantle of the giant clam Tridacna squamosa expresses a homolog of electrogenic sodium: Bicarbonate cotransporter 2 that mediates the supply of inorganic carbon to photosynthesizing symbionts

• Mel V. Boo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

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• Shit F. Chew,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Natural Sciences and Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

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• Yuen K. Ip

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dbsipyk@nus.edu.sg

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9124-7911

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