A Malabar grouper at OIST’s Marine Science Station (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

A Malabar grouper at OIST’s Marine Science Station

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A Malabar grouper at OIST’s Marine Science Station. Scientists reveal a unique activation of thyroid and corticoid genes in the early larval stage of these fish—a phenomenon never observed in any fish species before. 

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Merle Naidoo, OIST

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