Teleologic approach to the coral morphogenetic studies shows no promise. The knowledge of coral growth physiology enables the use or its major characters for modelling the growth process in an experiment based on the fundamental principles of Pierre Currie's Symmetry Theory. Light is a major morphogenetic factor for hermatypic colonial corals.
Laboratory of Tropical Seas, Institute of Marine Biology, Far East. Science Center, USSR Academy, of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, USSR
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