zooxanthellae transplanet

[christopherjudd]

if I transplant zoox of a rbta to a bleached out gbta, will it turn into a rbta once it gets its color back?

 

[worm5406]

Once a RBTA always a RBTA.

You can not change the type just from changing cells inside it. If that was true you would see it everywhere and they would be trying it with humans.

 

[Allmost]

worm, are you sure about that ?

it has been reported to happen. coral Grafting or something.

of course I dont think a simple injection would do ... but might be possible ? really not sure.

will try to find links.... we have seen it with SPS corals ... taking color pigments from a neighbouring colonies ...

Anemones might or might not reject different color pigments ... we have all seen RBTA with green base !

 

[bradleym]

Zooxanthellae are a symbiotic algae that live inside the anemone, and do not determine the external color of the anemone. The zooxanthellae are responsible for the brown/purple color inside a healthy anemone, but nothing more.

 

[OrionN]

I would consider golden brown color of corals, clams and anemones.

 

[worm5406]

worm, are you sure about that ?

it has been reported to happen. coral Grafting or something.

of course I dont think a simple injection would do ... but might be possible ? really not sure.

will try to find links.... we have seen it with SPS corals ... taking color pigments from a neighbouring colonies ...

Anemones might or might not reject different color pigments ... we have all seen RBTA with green base !

While we have also seen it in polyps. But that is mutation/evolution/gene pool.

Two anemones getting together and spawning would give you the results that you are looking for. Not just from Zooxanthellae transplant. Much more involved.

 

[worm5406]

Here is one one gene transplantation and coloration:

Genetic and color morph differentiation in the
Caribbean sea anemone Condylactis gigantea

http://bonsainut.com/images/Color morphs C. gigantea.pdf

Why it is inrefrence to a Condylactis it is still along the same lines as this discussion.