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    Setting the pace: host rhythmic behaviour and gene expression patterns in the facultatively symbiotic cnidarian Aiptasia are determined largely by Symbiodinium

    All organisms employ biological clocks to anticipate physical changes in the environment; however, the integration of biological clocks in symbiotic systems has received limited attention. In corals, the inter...

    Michal Sorek, Yisrael Schnytzer, Hiba Waldman Ben-Asher, Vered Chalifa Caspi in Microbiome (2018)

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    Coral Spawning Behavior and Timing

    One of the most prominent examples of synchronized behavior in corals is spawning, the enormous reproduction event known as the “spawning event,” where the moon choreographs sex among many coral species at the...

    Michal Sorek, Oren Levy in Annual, Lunar, and Tidal Clocks (2014)

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    The effect of temperature compensation on the circadian rhythmicity of photosynthesis in Symbiodinium, coral-symbiotic alga

    Circadian rhythms, which are found in most eukaryotes, are defined as rhythms that persist under constant conditions with a periodicity close to 24 h. One central key characteristic of all circadian rhythms is...

    Michal Sorek, Oren Levy in Scientific Reports (2012)