Table 1

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

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)

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

Amar et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008 8:126   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-126