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Table 1 Summary of the onset of allogeneic outcomes between young kin colonies of Stylophora pistillata.

From: Coral kin aggregations exhibit mixed allogeneic reactions and enhanced fitness during early ontogeny

Order of allogeneic mechanism

Total interactions

Number of allogeneic interactions that exhibited each mechanism of rejection (% of total interactions in each order) (% of total rejections in each order)

 

Fusions

Rejections

Transitory fusion

Borderline

Suture

Overgrowth

Bleaching

Necrosis

Death

First

59

65

8 (5)(14*)

52 (42)(80)

7 (6)(10)

6 (5)(9)

0

0

0

Second

51

61

0

3 (3)(5)

15 (13)(25)

9 (8)(15)

4 (4)(7)

28 (25)(46)

2 (2)(3)

Third

51

27

0

3 (3)(11)

4 (5)(15)

3 (4)(11)

1 (1)(4)

10 (13)(37)

6 (8)(22)

Fourth

51

12

0

1 (2)(8)

0

3 (5)(25)

0

7 (11)(58)

1 (2)(8)

  1. * calculated out of fusions because at this stage the transitory reactions were observed as fusions.