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Science 23 April 1965:
Vol. 148. no. 3669, pp. 503 - 505
DOI: 10.1126/science.148.3669.503
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Neoplasia in a Coral?

Donald F. Squires 1

1 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Anomalous growths of the colonial, deep-water coral Madrepora kauaiensis are interpreted as neoplasia. Since tissue was not preserved, evidence is derived solely from skeletal examination and consists of unusually rapid growth and progressively disordered growth of skeletal structures.


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