Locked in combat on the reef, soft corals, over evolutionary time,
developed poisonous compounds to deter consumers, while the marine
snail Cyphoma evolved a "defensome"—a collection of genes and proteins
that detoxify the compounds, and continues to graze on corals. Will
there be a next step in the arms race? (Photo by Kristen Whalen, MIT WHOI Joint
Program graduate student) Read the article »
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