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Connie S Machuca

University of Southern California

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Environmentally-determined symbiont communities highlight flexibility of Aiptasia-algal symbiosis

Maria Ruggeri, Connie S Machuca, Samuel A. Bedgood, Stacy A. Krueger‐Hadfield, Carly Danielle Kenkel

This study examines the flexibility of symbiont communities in Exaiptasia diaphana across a latitudinal gradient, finding that symbiont associations are environmentally determined and not strictly genetically controlled.

bioRxiv · May 14, 2026 · PreprintEcology