Legacy Livestock

10 Dec, 2022

Stopping to ponder
the fact that some reef animals can, and should, outlive their owners

by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D.

CORAL Magazine, Jan/Feb 2023

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• Term: gastrulation

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