Inheritance Inheritance. Metachromatic leukodystrophy is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. This means that both copies of the disease-causing gene in each cell must have a mutation for an individual to be affected. Individuals inherit two copies of each gene - one copy from each parent.
Crown-of-thorns starfish. Crown-of-thorns starfish are one of the most damaging creatures of tropical coral reefs, particularly Australia's Great Barrier Reef. They are voracious predators that release the contents of their stomach on to the coral.
There are many producers, consumers and decomposers in the Great Barrier Reef. One major producer is algae,which produces food, which organisms can eat. Also, there are a lot of fish in the Great Barrier Reef and they are consumers. Fish eat many things such as coral, plants and sometimes smaller fish.